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Notes · August 24, 2026
Notes for August 24, 2026
AI Is Exposing How Much Government Capacity Depends on Making Services Hard to Use
A paper on “agentic flooding” shows AI making government services easier to navigate. Friction was the rate limiter; the worst response is rebuilding that burden on purpose.
Inspired by arxiv.org · Chris Schmitz, Lewis Hammond and Alan Chan
The Best Staff Engineering Work Often Starts Before Anyone Assigns It
Lalit Maganti finds staff problems by listening like a sponge across meetings and chat. That only works when engineers can initiate work—not when they are order-takers on a roadmap.
Inspired by lalitm.com · Lalit Maganti