A week away from screens

I spent a week away from screens in one of the most beautiful places in the world - Costa Rica.

We all know getting away is important, but when your coding partner never takes vacation, work/life balance has to be an active choice. After months of constant interaction with AI, I needed time to reset and prepare for what comes next.

So I hung out with a few of these guys and lots of birds. They certainly know how to live. Pura Vida!

Even though I successfully disconnected, I could not stop thinking about agentic automation. Seriously: I was 100% present in my waking hours, but my unconscious mind could not let it go. I was writing prompts in my sleep.

The question was simple: How do you guide agents to work toward what you actually want, consistently and programmatically?

That question became The Shape of Done case study.