2026-05-28 / 3 MIN READ
The Future Software Engineer Builds the Harness
How AI changes engineering work from writing every line to designing context, tools, constraints, and evaluation loops.
WRITING / LEO ZHOU
Reliable software engineering in the AI era
Engineering notes from finance and visualization projects, with recent writing on model and agent evaluation, costs, and production use, alongside reading and learning notes.
3 PUBLIC ESSAYS
Start with these essays
2026-05-18 / 3 MIN READ
Evaluation-Driven Deliberate Practice
A practical method for turning vague improvement goals into measurable feedback loops for both people and AI agents.
2026-05-25 / 3 MIN READ
Loop Engineering: Building Feedback Systems for AI Work
Why reliable AI-assisted engineering depends on observable feedback loops, executable checks, and continuously improved context.
Visualization and AI
Translations pending. Read this column in Chinese.
AI engineering
The Future Software Engineer Builds the Harness ↗Loop Engineering: Building Feedback Systems for AI Work ↗Learning methods
Evaluation-Driven Deliberate Practice ↗Life journeys: TOEFL, system architecture, and OMSCS ↗All essays
2026-05-28 / 3 MIN READ
The Future Software Engineer Builds the Harness
How AI changes engineering work from writing every line to designing context, tools, constraints, and evaluation loops.
2026-05-25 / 3 MIN READ
Loop Engineering: Building Feedback Systems for AI Work
Why reliable AI-assisted engineering depends on observable feedback loops, executable checks, and continuously improved context.
2026-05-18 / 3 MIN READ
Evaluation-Driven Deliberate Practice
A practical method for turning vague improvement goals into measurable feedback loops for both people and AI agents.