hydrant
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Field notes

How Hydrant gets built: one real problem and what we did about it.

  1. The test was faster than React

    A browser test saw the new URL, raced ahead of the screen, and blamed the picker it closed along the way.

  2. Merged isn't done

    One settings change passed review and merged cleanly, then stayed unfinished until the released product proved the same thing.

  3. What our agents cost in CI time

    Agent throughput turned repeated test runs into a design problem for our delivery process, measured in runner time rather than guesses about money.

  4. What agents can't touch

    A missing production secret stopped an agent's deployment. The useful part was what it did next: leave the release unfinished and ask.

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