Post 03 · Foundations

Dogfood before “ready”

“Ready” is not a vibe — it’s a pass you ran yourself.

Draft — not posted yet X post coming — not published until Buzz OK.

Technique

  • Dogfood gate: use the output like a real user before shipping.
  • Coordinator never promotes provisional work to demos.
  • Coding bots: verify (pstack / prove-it-works) before ready.

Dogfood gate

  • Use the output like a real user.
  • Click every path you hand a human.
  • Read the draft end-to-end; break the happy path.
  • Only then mark ready — silence celebration until that pass lands.

Draft X

Draft — not posted yet Draft X (1/2)

“Ready” isn’t a feeling. It’s a dogfood gate.

Before you ship a bot’s work: use it yourself. Click the path. Read the draft. Break the happy path.

Silence the celebration until that pass lands.

(1/2)

Draft — not posted yet Draft X (2/2)

Galaxy lesson we keep: named agents + scoped memory beat one mega-prompt — but only if each agent proves its lane.

Dogfood → then ready.

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