Writing on “research”
5 articles tagged research. See all posts.
What the beta tally told me about my own game
The Cozy Coast beta counted 160,966 catches and 50,418 seagull greetings. The action that pays nothing was the most repeated one, and the economy changed because of it.
Read articleLangdrift: scoring how differently a translation lands
Langdrift compares audio of an original and its translation and returns a drift score: how far apart the two land cognitively, catching accurate but off translations.
Read articleAn honest look at AI productivity claims, and how to measure 2-3x
A 2-3x productivity gain is real when you measure build success, cycle time, and effort reduction, not vanity metrics. Here is how to tell the difference.
Read articleEvals for delivery teams: trusting AI output without re-checking every line
Trustworthy AI output comes from evals built into the real pipeline, not a benchmark: evaluate what matters, gate at the right point, and keep review habits that scale.
Read articleWhat predicts whether an AI cohort actually sticks
Across 700+ practitioners, durable AI adoption tracks three predictors: training on their own codebase, role-specific tracks, and internal champions seeded in the team.
Read article