Fernando

Building story-based software development.
Ex-Google, Ex-Airbnb
Instead of reconstructing what happened from thousands of log lines, you read a story.

[Fernando @Principal_ADE]

@garrytan posted yesterday on X that markdown is becoming as important as code because it's a language of intent.

He's right. But intent without verification is just a README nobody reads.

For the past year my co-founders and I have been building the answer. We call it story-based telemetry. The artifact it creates is the OTEL Behavioral Manifest — intent you can actually verify in production.

I wrote about it here.

https://t.co/BAN8scc16a

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@theo @masonwarner @brycent It even has a door!

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@trq212 Here is an example for reference https://t.co/akmbTZqZeT

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@thdxr For reference on how opencode does it https://t.co/uCLY1oCTkY

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@trq212 Consider making a code trail if you find yourself looking fore clarity on what your agent is doing and share it

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@dillon_mulroy @yingyangwins Not a debugger but a code trail is most of the same benefits and shareable https://t.co/ntdcxPkLBI

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@thdxr For reference on how opencode does it https://t.co/uCLY1oCTkY

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@boristane It’s a nice idea, but work is too fluid

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@thdxr Quick summary of how

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@thdxr For reference on how opencode does it https://t.co/uCLY1oCTkY

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@theo It’s been pretty shit today, I’m surprised we haven’t heard more about it

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This is a great take and everybody should watch it as a framework to hold people accountable for the consequences they benefited from https://t.co/sKo6WdPbkX

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@ThePrimeagen its giving

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@petercarp320 @garrytan I do think this is true which is why it makes me so skeptical on the general scalability

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@zeeg I mean its either that or have an original profitable idea 🤣

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@boristane It be like that sometimes

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@encrypted Genius move

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@dillon_mulroy @jayair this is the best one by far. The team should get temporary tatoos like this and sell them! would buy

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@noah_vandal

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@adamdotdev Sometimes I tell myself that and I know some people over think things so I think it’s a part of the human condition the models will also be plagued with 😖

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@johnlqian was humbled today

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@pvncher Crazy

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I generally agree, but from the experiences I can glean from presenters, watching the module and function names as they scroll by is the skill of driving that might persist for a long time. But I could be wrong, progress is not linear and tomorrow they could find a way to fix it in an unexpected way