Essays
Long-form arguments about building software for agents to use, not just to read.
These are slower pieces than the front page. The home page tells you what loupe is; these essays argue about why tools like it should exist, and what changes when we design for an agent reader instead of a human one.
Tools for a Reader That Isn't Human
An argument for agent-first tooling — high-context, typed, and delivered in JSON
This essay is part of an ongoing argument for agent-first tooling, made one piece of evidence at a time. It will be revised as the numbers come in.
Typeset in ET Book, with notes kept in the margin in the manner of Edward Tufte. Built with loupe in mind.
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