Articles

Notes from the engine.

Short, honest writing on consensus, building with AI and getting described correctly by the models people now ask.

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Code

Who Reviews the Code an AI Builder Writes?

All four AI app builders we track document an automated review of their own generated code. What that review covers, what it misses, and what it never asks.

2026-09-09

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Idea validation

Can ChatGPT Validate Your Startup Idea?

One model's yes is tuned to please you. What sycophancy research found, why a single answer proves nothing, and how to make AI attack your idea instead.

2026-09-07

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AI Visibility

How AI Assistants Describe Your Company, and How to Check

We ran the buyer questions against our own company twice, ten days apart. The method, the caveats, and why being described wrongly costs more than being absent.

2026-08-14

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Consensus

Consensus vs a Single Model: What the Research Actually Shows

Does asking several AI models beat asking one? The measured answer, with sources: where consensus helps, where models agree wrongly, and when one is enough.

2026-08-12

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Idea validation

How to Validate a Startup Idea Before You Build

A practical 2026 guide to validating a startup idea before you write a line of code: real failure data, why one AI opinion misleads, and what to test first.

2026-08-05