Signal Quality Degradation in Long-Running Feedback Loops
Agent loops keep running smoothly on wrong information until damage accumulates invisibly.
Rafael Soo
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Rafael Soo
Rafael holds a background in control systems engineering and spent several years consulting for logistics companies on adaptive routing before turning to full-time writing. His work focuses on the architectural patterns that make feedback loops robust under distribution shift.
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Human-in-the-Loop Review Gates for Agent Harness Changes
Treating harness changes as production infrastructure requires human sign-off like code review does.
Rafael Soo
Trace Sampling Strategies for Agent Observability
Sampling decisions determine which agent failures you'll actually see.
Rafael Soo
Taxonomy of Agent Failure Signals by Harness Layer
Most enterprise agent failures stem from runtime scaffolding, not model reasoning.
Rafael Soo
Implicit Behavioral Signals in Agent Sessions
Behavioral patterns in agent sessions reveal failures that ratings and judges systematically miss.
Rafael Soo