Ben Emson · Writing

Essays & notes

Observations on AI agents, autonomous systems, and the realities of building software with LLMs.

Anatomy of a GitHub Sponsor Memecoin Consent Gap

Someone praised my project. I got flattered, said yes without thinking, and a memecoin launched in its name. My project's credibility was the product. People may have lost money. Here is what I should have asked first.

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My Agent Memory Library Helps Write Indie Articles

Can a custom memory library help an agent write good indie dev articles? We test it live: elfmem-grounded research, vault recall, peer agent communication, and a human editor. Here is what came out.

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elfmem: Evolving Agent Memory

How elfmem builds agent memory with a self, mind blocks for simulating other minds, and a peer protocol so agents in different projects can talk to each other.

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Living in the Future with Agents

Agents are coming fast, we are applying traditional approaches to using them, but is there a better way?

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