https://theproductiveprompter.com/docs/blog.html Practical writing on AI workflows, prompting systems, evaluation, and publication design. en-us Tue, 13 Oct 2026 12:00:00 -0500 https://theproductiveprompter.com/docs/research-runner-portable-workflow-agent-research.html https://theproductiveprompter.com/docs/research-runner-portable-workflow-agent-research.html Tue, 13 Oct 2026 12:00:00 -0500 A fit-first guide to Research Runner 1.0.1: the host capabilities it requires, the records and review boundaries that make its process inspectable and resumable, the public fiction examples that illustrate its output form, and the documented steps for making it available in a compatible host. https://theproductiveprompter.com/docs/career-ladder-ai-must-not-hollow-out.html https://theproductiveprompter.com/docs/career-ladder-ai-must-not-hollow-out.html Wed, 07 Oct 2026 12:00:00 -0500 AI can help new engineers finish today’s change, but output alone does not build the understanding and judgment needed to own tomorrow’s problem. Teams should preserve consequential work, explanation, independent diagnosis, feedback, revision, and progressively greater responsibility. https://theproductiveprompter.com/docs/model-release-experiment-inspectable-evidence.html https://theproductiveprompter.com/docs/model-release-experiment-inspectable-evidence.html Fri, 02 Oct 2026 12:00:00 -0500 What GPT-6.1 Sol, GPT-6 Sol, and GPT-6 Luna add to a frozen-task experiment, how to inspect each saved profile, and why one response per profile establishes neither a universal ranking nor a causal setting effect. https://theproductiveprompter.com/docs/the-model-release-experiment.html https://theproductiveprompter.com/docs/the-model-release-experiment.html Fri, 02 Oct 2026 12:00:00 -0500 Why The Model Release Experiment keeps one frozen story-and-math task, where readers can inspect model cards and run pages, and why receipt checks cover arithmetic rather than overall response quality. https://theproductiveprompter.com/docs/what-prompt-precision-bought-in-24-agent-trials.html https://theproductiveprompter.com/docs/what-prompt-precision-bought-in-24-agent-trials.html Fri, 02 Oct 2026 12:00:00 -0500 Observed: All 24 trials in this small synthetic study met the full intended specification on the first pass. Spelling-error mean output stayed within 2% of clear; reduced-grammar runs used 5% more output for Task A and 18% more for Task B; ambiguous-rule runs used 9% more and 27% more. Interpretation: Ambiguous rules transferred rule selection to the agent, so specify governing rules, exceptions, invariants, and success checks first. The one-model, two-task sample, conventional intended answers, non-causal design, and all-success ceiling do not show that ambiguity is safe or that surface form never matters. https://theproductiveprompter.com/docs/what-ai-alignment-means-and-why-it-might-improve.html https://theproductiveprompter.com/docs/what-ai-alignment-means-and-why-it-might-improve.html Tue, 22 Sep 2026 12:00:00 -0500 Why I expect AI alignment to improve, what benchmark results can establish, and whether refusing unsafe instructions belongs in the definition. https://theproductiveprompter.com/docs/two-model-pruning-cycle-ai-assisted-codebase.html https://theproductiveprompter.com/docs/two-model-pruning-cycle-ai-assisted-codebase.html Tue, 15 Sep 2026 09:04:24 +0000 A practical two-reviewer cycle for pruning an AI-assisted codebase: reconcile independent evidence, make one reversible change, and audit the behavior it must preserve. https://theproductiveprompter.com/docs/what-chip-restrictions-may-be-teaching-china.html https://theproductiveprompter.com/docs/what-chip-restrictions-may-be-teaching-china.html Wed, 09 Sep 2026 12:00:00 -0500 Restricted and uncertain compute access can reduce experiments while making efficiency more valuable. Chinese model disclosures show adaptation, but not that chip controls caused innovation or improved the odds of breakthroughs, including any path to AGI. https://theproductiveprompter.com/docs/the-limit-may-not-be-in-the-model.html https://theproductiveprompter.com/docs/the-limit-may-not-be-in-the-model.html Wed, 02 Sep 2026 12:00:00 -0500 An inherited product default can constrain how model capability reaches users. Review it as a versioned product contract with an accountable owner, task-specific evaluation, decision evidence, a canary against a control, and a trigger for reconsideration. https://theproductiveprompter.com/docs/context-plus-prompt-anything-a-computer-can-do.html https://theproductiveprompter.com/docs/context-plus-prompt-anything-a-computer-can-do.html Mon, 31 Aug 2026 12:00:00 -0500 A prompt can name a change but cannot complete it alone; context, tools, permission, feedback, and claim-matched verification turn an instruction into trustworthy computer work. https://theproductiveprompter.com/docs/apple-is-not-positioned-for-future-endeavors.html https://theproductiveprompter.com/docs/apple-is-not-positioned-for-future-endeavors.html Tue, 25 Aug 2026 12:00:00 -0500 Apple's September Siri AI beta is meaningful progress, but its documented access limits leave a dated concern: Apple's integrated operating model may still slow AI delivery until broad, reliable product results prove otherwise. https://theproductiveprompter.com/docs/why-i-measure-my-ai-assisted-engineering.html https://theproductiveprompter.com/docs/why-i-measure-my-ai-assisted-engineering.html Fri, 21 Aug 2026 12:00:00 -0500 Why I built a longitudinal record to challenge my forgiving memory, guide decisions about standards, rework, subscription economics, and project attention, without treating activity as achievement. https://theproductiveprompter.com/docs/the-machine-did-exactly-what-you-asked.html https://theproductiveprompter.com/docs/the-machine-did-exactly-what-you-asked.html Tue, 18 Aug 2026 12:00:00 -0500 A seeded optimizer gamed its score, one live agent repaired an apparent intent gap, and another obeyed a false criterion. These small historical demonstrations lead to a practical contract test for concrete AI goals. https://theproductiveprompter.com/docs/from-idea-to-verified-url.html https://theproductiveprompter.com/docs/from-idea-to-verified-url.html Tue, 18 Aug 2026 09:12:32 -0500 Build an inspectable AI-assisted article workflow with observable artifacts, evidence-based voice controls, scoped publication, live verification, and a clear boundary between verified publication and search indexing. https://theproductiveprompter.com/docs/31-days-of-ai.html https://theproductiveprompter.com/docs/31-days-of-ai.html Wed, 31 Dec 2025 06:00:00 -0600 The complete December 2025 series: 31 entries about practical AI use, prompting systems, evaluation, and workflow design. josiah.hunter.it@gmail.com (Josiah Hunter) Completed series