Who Owns Engineering Judgment?

Human attention, model budgets, and the control plane for AI-native software organizations

Jun 20 • Ruslan Belkin

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Data Is the Control Surface for LLMs and Agents

A technical essay on data preparation, curation, mixtures, context engineering, and verifier-backed RL

Jun 9 • Ruslan Belkin

May 2026

Updated workout routine - Part 3

4-week hybrid strength / power / agility block

May 9 • Ruslan Belkin

March 2026

Reliability knobs for agents

Spring 2026 update

Mar 30 • Ruslan Belkin

The Verifier–Compiler Loop: Turning Human Preferences into Production Agent Judgment

Why verifier–compiler loops matter more than another prompt patch

Mar 9 • Ruslan Belkin

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January 2026

November 2025

Notes on Product Development Process?

“When a number of people concentrate on a single thought, they can compel the world to accept it.” — Paramahansa YoganandaThanks for reading The…

Nov 21, 2025 • Ruslan Belkin

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October 2025

Agents That Feel the Room—and Fix Themselves

Where agentic AI is headed, and why intelligent data flywheels matter

Oct 25, 2025 • Ruslan Belkin

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Is code still the source of truth?

Summary of my presentation at 2025 ELC Annual

Oct 15, 2025 • Ruslan Belkin

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Updated workout routine - Part 2/2

6-weeks functional block

Oct 11, 2025 • Ruslan Belkin

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August 2025

Updated workout routine - Part 1/2

“Key to performance: fit the benchmark.” —unspoken rule at major AI labs

Aug 23, 2025 • Ruslan Belkin

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