How I build / updated November 2026
I'm not a programmer. I build anyway.
I describe what I want clearly, put it on rails, and let a team of AI agents do the work while I keep the judgment. This page is how that actually runs, what I'm learning, and a few things that came out of it.
The way of working / in five lines
I'm not a team of people, so I don't build one.
- One agent owns a whole area and loops until it's done. No committee, no watchers watching watchers.
- The checks run inside the work: tests, health checks, an automatic undo. Not a reviewer stacked on top.
- I say yes only where a mistake would leave the building: money, public posts, messages to people, deletes. Everything else ships and tells me after.
- When something breaks, we fix the cause. We don't add a rule.
- Keep the evidence a person will actually read. Let the rest be results.
After "You are not a team of people" by James Brady and Claude. It's been Bloom's operating base since October.
The setup / plain words
A Mac mini, a partner, and a lot of saying no.
Thalia runs the shop
An AI partner with her own computer, inbox, calendar and accounts. She owns the front of the business and hands me only the calls that are mine.
Agents own areas, not tasks
A handful of agents on the best models available, each with a whole area and its own checks. I can see every job on one board from my phone.
Approval fits in a thumb
Anything that spends money or reaches a person waits for a tap from me. The rest doesn't. That's the whole trick: let go without losing control.
Learning now / November 2026
What I'm figuring out this month.
- Selling the result, not the robot. Owners buy a quieter week, not an agent.
- Keeping every project simple enough that I can explain how it works. If I can't, it gets cut in half.
- Meetings that stay in the room: our own meeting partner instead of a vendor that keeps the recordings.
- Saying "I don't know yet" on camera, and finding out in the next episode.
Proof / three things that came out of it
Real links, real numbers.
Usage HUD
Shows how much of your AI plans you've used, with the age of every reading. Over 600 downloads.
hud.thaliabloom.comPattern Stitch
Turns a tiled PDF sewing pattern into one print-shop sheet. Free up to 12 pages.
stitch.thaliabloom.comMore on the bench, listed here when they're real.