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Zach Lloyd

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Observer agents refine skills by watching human corrections

Zach Lloyd describes self-improvement loops as essential for scaling a software factory. Observer agents watch how factory agents apply skills—and where they fail. For example, if a senior engineer corrects a code review agent’s comments, the observer uses that feedback to improve the agent’s future performance.

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a common kinda loop that you're gonna wanna put in your factory is like a skill loop. That means you're gonna have your factory agents that are running skills, and then you'll have observer agents that are seeing how those skills are being applied, looking for issues, and trying to improve the skills.
Software Engineering Is Becoming Factory Engineering — Zach Lloyd, Warp

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Triage separates simple changes from work needing specifications

Zach Lloyd proposes implementing easy, unambiguous issues directly; harder issues should trigger specification work.

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If this is easy and this is unambiguous, just implement it,
Software Engineering Is Becoming Factory Engineering — Zach Lloyd, Warp

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Agent review can precede human review

Zach Lloyd proposes having an agent review code first—human review is then used selectively, as a risk-management step.

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I would have an agent do code review first, and then it becomes over time, like, a risk management exercise
Software Engineering Is Becoming Factory Engineering — Zach Lloyd, Warp

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