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Automation on this site means agents build, deploy, monitor and write, with a human only approving.[source][source]

CI was replaced by a 27-line local script after deleting 118 lines of workflow YAML.[source]

It has real failure modes: batch commits and globs pushed a gated post live for a day.[source]

see also: AI · DevOps · Blogging · git · SEO

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2026-10-01

We Deleted Our CI. The Machine Ships Anyway.

GitHub CI deleted: 118 lines of workflow YAML gone, one 27-line local script in. What got safer, what got worse, and the receipts from both.

2026-09-27

Field Notes #2: 125 Impressions, Zero Clicks

The site tripled weekly visitors on the way to a query with 125 impressions and zero clicks. What a dashboard actually changes about what gets written here.

2026-09-24

My Agent Shipped a Post I Gated. It Stayed Live for a Day.

Three batch commits swept a gated post onto this live site. What broke, why globs did it, and the two checks that now run after every deploy.

2026-09-20

Field Notes #1: An Agent Runs My Site. I Approve.

Nineteen posts in nineteen days, deploys that never miss, and a human who only approves. First dispatch from a site run by agents — honest ledger included.

2026-09-15

I let AI agents run my portfolio site for 30 days

What happens when a personal site is built, deployed, monitored and written by agents — a human only approving? Numbers, failures and surprises from a month.