Thoughts

Notes by Mohamed Moustafa.

• Small Model Forensics May 13, 2026 Claude and I made 2,000 API calls to nine small closed-weight models across three providers, discovering some interesting things about how providers scale...
• Preventing agent doom loops with per-object reasoning traces November 27, 2025 When an agent updates an external system through a tool, it tends to eventually get stuck in a loop: fixing one issue produces a second, and fixing the secon...
• Cold Drinks and Paper Cups October 17, 2025 If you go to any large coffee chain and order a hot drink they’ll serve it in a paper cup, but if you order a cold drink they’ll serve it in plastic. It’s so...