Essays on running technical programs and evaluating AI systems, and writeups of things I build.https://signalanddrift.dev/enhttps://signalanddrift.dev/essays/what-the-dark-tells/https://signalanddrift.dev/essays/what-the-dark-tells/Seven language models, 1,400 runs of a labyrinth whose clues never lie. Part 1: the search for the Heart, and the failure I didn't predict.Fri, 13 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://signalanddrift.dev/projects/the-game-is-a-pure-function/https://signalanddrift.dev/projects/the-game-is-a-pure-function/I built a small labyrinth game in my spare time, on three assumptions. The third was that if bots could play it, so could language models, and then I could compare them with people.Mon, 09 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT