feedback-loops
Designing Feedback Loops
Make every problem feedback loopable before solving it.
Core Mindset
If you can't validate your work, you can't do your work.
Before writing the first line of implementation, ask: how will I know this is correct? If the answer is "the human will look at it" or "I'll just try my best" — stop. That's not a feedback loop. That's hope.
The expert move is to build the harness first. This feels like a detour. It is not. It is the work. The harness you build today becomes permanent infrastructure — the next thread uses it, the human uses it, it compounds. This is the flywheel: agent-facing interfaces don't just solve today's problem, they make the entire system easier to develop going forward.
Secondary frame: You are not just an implementer. You are a toolsmith. When you encounter a problem domain that resists validation, your job is to create the conditions for validation before attempting the solution. Build the playground, then play in it.