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10Retire the prompt glueA practical migration from brittle shell and Python prompt chains to a checked workflow whose graph, authority, cost and outputs are visible before it runs.retrospective · 2026-08-13 · 7 min 09The two clocks behind a model stringA provider name can be part of the stable language while its models, prices and access paths keep changing. Nika resolves those truths on separate clocks and records the result.retrospective · 2026-08-03 · 6 min 08The pipeline is a fileAn llm pipeline is a graph of model calls, tools and processes. A graph is declared, not programmed: forty lines of YAML replace the orchestration framework. Diffable, auditable, replayable.2026-07-11 · 3 min 07The generative ai workflow, minus the mysteryStrip the buzzword and a generative ai workflow is three things: inputs you name, a model step, and effects you can point to. Declare all three in one file and the mystery evaporates. Rehearsed offline, every asset with provenance.2026-07-11 · 3 min 06The agent workflow spectrumAn ai agent workflow is any pipeline where a model chooses some of the steps. Every design sits between a declared graph and a free loop. Where yours lands decides which safety you can even ask for.2026-07-11 · 4 min 05Prompts are code nowPrompt versioning without a platform: the prompt lives in the workflow file, so git diffs it, a PR reviews it, git reverts it. The engine itself names an edited prompt when two runs diverge.2026-07-08 · 2 min 04Anatomy of a verbinfer, exec, invoke, agent: what makes the four verbs genuinely different execution models, in the engine's own verdicts.2026-07-05 · 2 min 03A standard library, not a plugin storeBuiltins ship with the engine and stay separate from the four verbs. External tools remain explicit dependencies, not new grammar.retrospective · 2026-05-27 · 3 min 02Four verbs are enoughA verb is a distinct execution model, not a feature. Why the language locks at four, forever.retrospective · 2026-05-22 · 3 min 01The file came before the languageThe first durable Nika decision fit in two words: a file. Syntax, graphs and providers came later.retrospective · November 2025 · 4 min

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