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Human In The Loop

3 articles

  • An ornate Wurlitzer theatre organ console with rows of stop tabs, multiple keyboards, and a pedalboard

    AI will soon replace GUIs: rebuilding an InDesign leaflet through conversation, not clicks

    A GUI hides complex code behind menus and drag handles you operate by hand. AI hides the same complexity behind a conversation. Recreating a hand-built InDesign leaflet as a YAML-to-LaTeX pipeline: abandoned in 2025 as beyond the time I could afford: is what made the difference concrete.

    Sep 1, 2026
  • A vintage telephone switchboard with an operator connecting calls

    Reliability vs. latency: running Claude through the CLI so it can fix its own mistakes

    Claude’s LaTeX output frequently didn’t compile. The fix wasn’t to prompt better — it was to close the feedback loop. What looked like a reliability problem turned out to be a latency problem.

    Jul 21, 2026
  • A hand setting metal type in a letterpress composing stick

    Persona prompting: you’re an experienced typographer, check this before printing

    The same PDF, two different prompts. 'Is this well laid out?' returned vague positivity. 'You’re an experienced typographer, check this before printing’ returned a structured technical review. The before/after register change is a clean, demonstrable lesson.

    Jul 14, 2026
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