AI Research & Engineering · Multi-Agent System Coordination

I research how AI agents coordinate at scale and build production tools to make it practical. I also write about the human side of this transformation—from identity crisis to new possibilities.

Harmonic Coordination Theory (HCT) — A musical ontology for multi-agent coordination

Current frameworks (LangGraph, CrewAI) give you tools for orchestration, but lack a shared language for coordination semantics—timing, quality, intent, and harmony. HCT fills this gap using musical performance as the ontology: cues, fermatas, tempo, and dissonance become engineering primitives.

• 📄 Read the papers
• 💻 hct-core — Python/Rust/JS reference implementation
• 📊 hct-benchmarks — Validation suite

I build production tools that solve real problems—usually ones I've encountered myself.

The Linter

Multi-language linter for detecting AI-generated code slop: placeholders, deferrals, hedging, and empty stubs. Uses tree-sitter AST parsing for accurate detection across 15+ languages with Zero Trust philosophy.

• 🔧 Tree-sitter AST, 15+ languages, ms-level speed
• 📦 npm install -g antislop · cargo install antislop
• 🔍 Detects: TODO/FIXME comments, "for now" deferrals, "hopefully" hedging, empty functions

The Validator

Fast, modern Rust CLI that detects .env file issues and syncs with Kubernetes, Terraform, Ansible, GitHub Actions, Helm, and ArgoCD. Better than dotenv-linter with 10x more features.

• 🔧 K8s sync, Terraform integration, TUI, SARIF output
• 📦 cargo install envcheck · npm install -g @envcheck/cli
• ⚡ envcheck.github.io — Documentation

The Detector

Detects silent model collapse, quantization artifacts, and instruction failures with 17 research-backed probes (Math, Style, Timing, Code, Fact, JSON, Consistency, Fingerprint, and more).

• 🔬 17 scientifically-grounded instruments
• 📦 pip install nerfprobe
• 📊 nerfstatus.com — Real-time dashboard

The Amplifier

"DevOps for your Voice." Analyzes your speech in real-time during interviews, sales calls, or presentations and sends HUD-style teleprompter hints to your phone. Hybrid AI: local STT (privacy) + cloud intelligence (quality).

• 🎤 Real-time Speech Telemetry
• 🔊 Cloud service — Whisper + Llama 3.1
• 📱 Phone PWA — Progressive web app

SeekingSota — Weekly essays on AI × Human identity crisis

I don't write code anymore. I just yell at agents. And sometimes they listen.

SeekingSota explores what happens when engineers stop programming and start conducting AI agents. Real agent workflows, technical deep dives (made accessible), philosophy of production, and honest stories about the identity crisis that comes with this transformation.

• 📝 seekingsota.com — Weekly essays (every Tuesday)
• 🐦 Twitter/X — Threads + updates
• 📧 Subscribe — Free or paid

Recent Essays:

• "I Don't Write Code Anymore. I Just Yell At Agents."
• "So AWS us-east-1 decided to cosplay as chaos monkey"
• "This is my solution to eliminate 90% of .env file headaches"

Online:

• 🌐 Website — Research, tools, writing, talks
• 💼 LinkedIn — Professional posts + updates
• 🐦 Twitter/X — Threads + conversation

GitHub:

• 🔧 Tools: AntiSlop, EnvCheck, NerfStatus, SpeakOps
• 🔬 Research: stefanwiest — HCT, Genesis, papers
• ✍️ Content: seekingsota

Right Now:

• 📄 HCT Survey Paper — Comprehensive MAS landscape analysis (2025)
• 🔊 SpeakOps Beta — Public launch preparation

Exploring:

• Agent-to-Agent (A2A) protocol extensions
• TensorZero inference optimization
• Constitutional AI governance frameworks

15+ years building production software, from Sixt (1M+ bookings/day) to Samsa.AI (ML platforms). Now researching multi-agent coordination while building tools and writing honest stories about the transformation.

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