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Writing
Notes on engineering, AI, and the rules I've found worth keeping. Occasional by design — I write one of these when something has earned a name.
Ceryce's Razor
Occam's Razor says take the simplest explanation. Mine says take the dumbest — and the two come apart precisely where it matters.
Coryphaeus: the conductor loses, and the pool is most of the reason
I'm reproducing a published recipe — a small model that routes work to other models instead of answering — and adding a world model over worker competence. The first honest number is negative: 11.3 points below the best single worker. Most of that deficit isn't the routing.