Operational Mechanics
The Practitioner's Edge: Prompt Discipline and Constraint Modeling
Operational Mechanics focuses on the day-to-day execution and continuous management required to keep AI models performing effectively in a production environment. This category addresses the practical challenges and the tactical processes necessary for the reliable and efficient operation of deployed AI systems.
How to Write Better Prompts: Think Balloon Animal
(On how constraints deform reasoning across the entire model.)
Most prompt engineers don't realize they are sculpting balloon animals. This perspective discusses how LLM constraints act as pressure that deforms the entire reasoning flow, not isolated rules.
Constraint pressure · Inference geometry · Logit bias
The Apple II and the Shape of Failure
(On the hard limits beneath large context and scale.)
An architectural analogy using the Apple II to think about where systems actually break: finite working windows, drift, and why layering more complexity on top of a fragile substrate does not fix epistemic failure.
Architecture · Failure modes · Working window