The latest articles on DEV Community by Rich Tillman (@effinrich). https://dev.to/effinrich https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F594232%2F81fab4a4-f9ea-465d-a55a-f1d8514fe714.jpg https://dev.to/effinrich en Rich Tillman Mon, 09 Nov 2026 02:13:06 +0000 https://dev.to/effinrich/b4-1794190372643-p16-3go9 https://dev.to/effinrich/b4-1794190372643-p16-3go9 <p><code>b200e23</code>, <em>"feat: a unit test loop the brief did not ask for (#89)"</em>. The unit<br> test loop came back on 2026-11-03, twenty-eight days after the harness went<br> with it, and, in the manifest's own words, <em>"without the specs"</em>. The deletion<br> was not correct on the brief's terms; the thing it took came back later, on its<br> own terms.</p> <h2> Appendix: reproducing every figure </h2> <p>Every number quoted above, with the command that produces it. Run against<br> <code>b200e23</code> in a clone of <code>effinrich/h2-fe-assessment</code>.</p> <div class="table-wrapper-paragraph"><table> <thead> <tr> <th>Claim</th> <th>Command</th> <th>Result</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>Commits</td> <td><code>git rev-list --count b200e23</code></td> <td>104</td> </tr> </tbody> </table></div> git programming softwareengineering testing Rich Tillman Mon, 09 Nov 2026 02:12:20 +0000 https://dev.to/effinrich/b4-1794190327348-p14-2129 https://dev.to/effinrich/b4-1794190327348-p14-2129 <p><code>b200e23</code>, <em>"feat: a unit test loop the brief did not ask for (#89)"</em>. The unit<br> test loop came back on 2026-11-03, twenty-eight days after the harness went<br> with it, and, in the manifest's own words, <em>"without the specs"</em>. The deletion<br> was not correct on the brief's terms; the thing it took came back later, on its<br> own terms.</p> <h2> Appendix: reproducing every figure </h2> <p>Every number quoted above, with the command that produces it. Run against<br> <code>b200e23</code> in a clone of <code>effinrich/h2-fe-assessment</code>.</p> <p>| Claim | Command | Result |</p> Rich Tillman Mon, 09 Nov 2026 02:11:35 +0000 https://dev.to/effinrich/b4-1794190282066-p10-bkd https://dev.to/effinrich/b4-1794190282066-p10-bkd <p><code>b200e23</code>, <em>"feat: a unit test loop the brief did not ask for (#89)"</em>. The unit<br> test loop came back on 2026-11-03, twenty-eight days after the harness went<br> with it, and, in the manifest's own words, <em>"without the specs"</em>. The deletion<br> was not correct on the brief's terms; the thing it took came back later, on its<br> own terms.</p> <h2> Appendix: reproducing every figure </h2> Rich Tillman Mon, 09 Nov 2026 02:10:50 +0000 https://dev.to/effinrich/b4-1794190236672-p19-4jf https://dev.to/effinrich/b4-1794190236672-p19-4jf <p>Liquid syntax error: 'raw' tag was never closed</p> git softwaredevelopment softwareengineering testing Rich Tillman Mon, 09 Nov 2026 02:09:52 +0000 https://dev.to/effinrich/p2-1794190178385-nocodetag-25ge https://dev.to/effinrich/p2-1794190178385-nocodetag-25ge <p>Liquid syntax error: 'raw' tag was never closed</p> git softwaredevelopment testing Rich Tillman Mon, 09 Nov 2026 02:09:06 +0000 https://dev.to/effinrich/p2-1794190132128-tableonly-56go https://dev.to/effinrich/p2-1794190132128-tableonly-56go <p>| Process-prefix commits | <code>git log --format=%s b200e23 \| grep -cE '^(docs\|chore\|style\|build)'</code> | 45 |<br> | <code>Co-authored-by</code> trailers | <code>git log b200e23 --format=%B \| grep -c '^Co-authored-by:'</code> | 126 |<br> | Trailer split | <code>… \| sed 's/Co-authored-by: //' \| sort \| uniq -c \| sort -rn</code> | Cursor 102, MiniMax Code 14, author 5, Copilot 4 across three accounts, CI bot 1 |<br> | Tracked files | <code>git ls-tree -r --name-only b200e23 \| grep -vc '^$'</code> | 165 |<br> | Decision records | <code>git ls-tree -r --name-only b200e23 -- docs/decisions/ \| grep -cE '\.md$'</code> | 17 |<br> | The removal | <code>git show --shortstat --format='' 9eeb60a</code> | 137 files, +104, −10,097 |<br> | Per-area split | <code>git show --numstat --format='' 9eeb60a</code> | libs 107/7,379; apps 10/443; docs 9/1,595; root 9/602; tools 1/73; .github 1/5 |<br> | Root rulebook, before / after | <code>git show 9eeb60a^:AGENTS.md \| wc -l</code>; <code>git show 9eeb60a:AGENTS.md \| wc -l</code> | 166 / 67 |<br> | Instruction files before | <code>git ls-tree -r --name-only 9eeb60a^ \| grep -cE '(^/\|/)(AGENTS\|CLAUDE)\.md$'</code> | 14 |<br> | The phrase, before / after | <code>git grep -ic 'stay inside the brief' 9eeb60a^ -- .</code> and <code>git grep -ic 'stay inside the brief' 9eeb60a -- AGENTS.md</code> | no matches (exit 1) / 1 |<br> | The gate before / after the removal | <code>git show 9eeb60a^:package.json</code>; <code>git show 9eeb60a:package.json</code> | <code>nx affected -t lint,format,typecheck,test,build,build-storybook,test-storybook</code> → <code>nx affected -t lint,format,typecheck,build,build-storybook</code> |<br> | The record that contradicts the commit | <code>git show 5915058^:docs/decisions/0007-storybook-scope.md \| sed -n '1,12p'</code> | <code>- Date: 2026-10-01</code>; "the brief is graded partly on design" |<br> | The same record, on the stories | <code>git show 5915058^:docs/decisions/0007-storybook-scope.md \| sed -n '/Interaction assertions/,+2p'</code> | "Interaction assertions live in play functions" |<br> | The brief, on design consistency | <code>git show b200e23:docs/brief.md \| sed -n '16p'</code> | "at: ease of use, design consistency, user experience." |<br> | The judgement, in the operator's words | <code>git show b200e23:docs/safeguards.md \| sed -n '18,21p'</code> | "That is a judgement failure, and it is ordinary" |<br> | The commit before the removal | <code>git show -s --format='%h %ad %s' --date=iso 5915058</code> | <code>5915058 2026-10-06 00:07:04 -0400</code>. The direct parent of <code>9eeb60a</code> |<br> | The guardrail notes that went first | <code>git show --name-status --format='' 5915058 \| grep -E 'ai-guardrails\|handoff\|gate\.sh\|guard\.sh\|qa-'</code> | six deletions, among them <code>ai-guardrails.md</code> and <code>handoff.md</code> |<br> | The trunk camera | <code>git log -1 --format='%h %ad %s' --date=short 6f6ec34</code> | <code>6f6ec34 2026-10-05 refactor(camera): one component per file, stories split by theme</code> |<br> | Identical to the branch | <code>git diff --stat 6f6ec34 origin/refactor/camera-components -- libs/web/features/camera/</code> | empty |<br> | Trunk / branch camera size | <code>git ls-tree -r --name-only 6f6ec34 -- libs/web/features/camera \| grep -cE '\.tsx?$'</code>; the same for <code>origin/refactor/camera-structure</code> | 30 / 36 |<br> | Correction #47 | <code>git show --shortstat --format='' a27f292</code> | 29 files, +365, −1,561 |<br> | Correction #57 | <code>git show --shortstat --format='' c7fe8ae</code> | 15 files, +98, −370 |<br> | ADR 0017's claim | <code>git show b200e23:docs/decisions/0017-camera-tool.md</code> line 38 | "None of it reached <code>main</code> — it lived in branches and in the working tree." |<br> | The bespoke primitive still ships | <code>git show b200e23:libs/web/features/camera/src/lib/crop-shape-util.tsx \| grep -n 'class CropShapeUtil'</code> | <code>38:export class CropShapeUtil extends BaseBoxShapeUtil&lt;CropShape&gt; {</code> |<br> | The lint rules that do exist | <code>git show b200e23:.oxlintrc.json</code> | <code>@nx/enforce-module-boundaries</code>, <code>max-lines</code> 150, <code>unicorn/filename-case</code>, <code>typescript/no-explicit-any</code>; no primitive rule |<br> | The F3 skip | <code>git show f471a29:tools/guardrails.mjs</code> lines 158–160 | <code>} catch {</code> / <code>continue</code> / <code>}</code>: the file was never read |<br> | The F3 fix | <code>git show 98f6d3f -- tools/guardrails.mjs</code> | the skip replaced by a failure that names the file |<br> | The fix's own account | <code>git show --format=%B --no-patch 98f6d3f</code> | "project file could not be parsed: libs/web/features/probe/package.json" |<br> | F3's other two checks | <code>git show b200e23:docs/decisions/0015-verification-surface.md</code> lines 44–49 | attested by ADR 0015; their buggy forms appear in no commit |<br> | The generalisation | <code>git show b200e23:docs/decisions/0015-verification-surface.md</code> lines 38–42 | "a gate that fails because a tool is missing has proven nothing…" |<br> | Who drafted each record | the loop in F4 | 11 single agent, 4 agent and owner, 2 no trailer |<br> | ADR 0017's drafting commit | <code>git log -1 --format='%h %ad %s' --date=iso -- docs/decisions/0017-camera-tool.md</code> | <code>39c7710 2026-10-27 00:33:32 -0400</code> |<br> | What that commit also did | <code>git show --name-status --format='' 39c7710 \| grep -E '0017-camera-tool\|crop-shape-util\|crop-export'</code> | the record, and a new crop shape on the trunk |<br> | The corpus's own note on authorship | <code>git show 858629c:docs/decisions/README.md \| sed -n '12,15p'</code> | "The prose is usually an agent's" |<br> | The mechanism's size | <code>git show b200e23:tools/guardrails.mjs \| wc -l</code> (245) + <code>tools/size-budget.mjs</code> (54) + <code>tools/guardrails.manifest.json</code> (154) | 453 |<br> | Manifest shape | <code>git show b200e23:tools/guardrails.manifest.json</code> | <code>files</code> 9, <code>assertions</code> 6, <code>forbiddenPaths</code> 14, <code>secretPatterns</code> 8, <code>removed</code> 5 |<br> | Gate targets | the same file | <code>"required": ["test"]</code>, <code>"forbidden": ["test-storybook"]</code> |<br> | <code>gateTargets</code> introduced | <code>git show 8c75684 -- tools/guardrails.manifest.json</code> | <code>"forbidden": ["test", "test-storybook"]</code> |<br> | Budgets | <code>bun run budget</code> | <code>81/95 files, 3073/3300</code>; <code>4/12 files, 227/400</code> |<br> | Guardrails run | <code>bun run guardrails</code> | <code>9 files, 6 invariants, 17 records, 165 tracked files scanned</code> |<br> | The gate today | <code>git show b200e23:package.json \| grep '"gate"'</code> | <code>bun run budget &amp;&amp; bun run guardrails &amp;&amp; nx affected -t lint,format,typecheck,build,build-storybook,test</code> |<br> | Commits that carried the mechanism | <code>git log --format=%h b200e23 -- tools/ docs/decisions/ AGENTS.md CLAUDE.md lefthook.yml .cursor/hooks.json .claude/settings.json .github/workflows/guardrails.yml \| sort -u \| wc -l</code> | 29 |<br> | The guardrail warning arrived | <code>git log --format='%h %ad %s' --date=short -S'not scaffolding' b200e23 -- AGENTS.md</code> | <code>affe349 2026-10-26</code> |<br> | Branch protection | <code>gh api repos/effinrich/h2-fe-assessment/branches/main/protection --jq …</code> | <code>{"admins":true,"checks":["Gate","Guardrails"],"deletions":false,"force_push":false,"pull_request_reviews":"absent","strict":true}</code> |<br> | The <code>main</code> ruleset | <code>gh api repos/effinrich/h2-fe-assessment/rulesets/24388801 --jq …</code> | <code>"bypass_actors":[]</code>; <code>pull_request</code> requires 0 approving reviews; checks <code>Gate</code>, <code>Guardrails</code> |<br> | The second ruleset | <code>gh api repos/effinrich/h2-fe-assessment/rulesets/24519354 --jq …</code> | condition <code>~ALL</code>; 18 bypass actors (3 repository roles, 15 integrations) |<br> | <code>RepositoryRole</code> actor ids | GitHub REST API description issue 7111 and the Terraform provider's ruleset reference; GitHub itself documents the mapping nowhere | id 2 is maintain, id 4 is write, id 5 is admin, on those third-party sources' authority only |<br> | The pre-failure ruleset | <code>git show b200e23:docs/safeguards.md</code> lines 95–98 | "it protected the shape of a merge and nothing about its content" |<br> | The compromised host | <code>git show b200e23:docs/safeguards.md</code> lines 11–13 | "the machine the agents ran on was compromised by a trojan" |<br> | The second lock | <code>git show b200e23:.github/CODEOWNERS</code> | a request for review, not a requirement |<br> | The value check | <code>git show b200e23:docs/transcripts/README.md</code> lines 67–72 | run by hand, not part of the gate |<br> | The pin, and what came after | <code>git log --oneline b200e23..858629c</code> | 4 later commits, 2026-11-04 and 2026-11-05 |<br> | The corpus licence | <code>git ls-tree -r --name-only b200e23 \| grep -i -E "licen\|copying"</code> | no matches |</p> devops git tools Rich Tillman Mon, 09 Nov 2026 02:08:20 +0000 https://dev.to/effinrich/p2-1794190086791-proseonly-5356 https://dev.to/effinrich/p2-1794190086791-proseonly-5356 <p>Liquid syntax error: 'raw' tag was never closed</p> git softwaredevelopment testing Rich Tillman Mon, 09 Nov 2026 02:07:35 +0000 https://dev.to/effinrich/p2-1794190041409-baseline-2mc9 https://dev.to/effinrich/p2-1794190041409-baseline-2mc9 <p>Liquid syntax error: 'raw' tag was never closed</p> git softwareengineering testing Rich Tillman Mon, 09 Nov 2026 02:04:38 +0000 https://dev.to/effinrich/bisect2-1794189865101-14-25c5 https://dev.to/effinrich/bisect2-1794189865101-14-25c5 <p>Liquid syntax error: 'raw' tag was never closed</p> git softwaredevelopment softwareengineering testing Rich Tillman Mon, 09 Nov 2026 02:04:26 +0000 https://dev.to/effinrich/bisect2-1794189852806-13-lbf https://dev.to/effinrich/bisect2-1794189852806-13-lbf <div class="highlight js-code-highlight"> <pre class="highlight shell"><code><span class="nv">$ </span>git log <span class="nt">--oneline</span> b200e23..858629c 858629c docs: say when a record was drafted, not that it was drafted during the work <span class="o">(</span><span class="c">#93)</span> a3e4403 docs: say <span class="nb">who </span>wrote each decision record <span class="o">(</span><span class="c">#92)</span> eb87bf2 docs: the hiring process is not the repository<span class="s1">'s business (#91) 3fd900c feat: the desk and the sheet (#90) </span></code></pre> </div> Rich Tillman Mon, 09 Nov 2026 02:03:28 +0000 https://dev.to/effinrich/bisect2-1794189795148-12-3jah https://dev.to/effinrich/bisect2-1794189795148-12-3jah <p>Liquid syntax error: 'raw' tag was never closed</p> documentation git softwaredevelopment Rich Tillman Mon, 09 Nov 2026 02:03:16 +0000 https://dev.to/effinrich/bisect2-1794189782819-11-3poe https://dev.to/effinrich/bisect2-1794189782819-11-3poe <p><strong>The preprint:</strong> <a href="https://github.com/effinrich/prose-does-not-bind-agents" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://github.com/effinrich/prose-does-not-bind-agents</a>.<br> <code>paper.md</code> is the source of truth; <code>paper.pdf</code> is the rendered copy. Appendix A<br> lists the commands behind the paper's counts, and the commands quoted here are<br> drawn from it.</p> <p><strong>Licence:</strong> the preprint is CC BY 4.0 (Copyright (c) 2026 Rich Tillman). The<br> corpus carries no licence file, so this post quotes it in short extracts,<br> always with the commit, the path and the line numbers.</p> <p>One note on the pin. <code>b200e23</code> is the last commit of the study period, not the<br> last commit of the repository: four commits landed after it, on 2026-11-04 and<br> 2026-11-05. Every figure in this post is quoted at the pin or at a commit named<br> in the command that reads it, so later commits do not change any of them.</p> agents ai github llm