Accountability

5 articles about accountability.

The Agent Economy Has a Trust Deficit

·7 min read

The trust deficit in the agent economy runs deeper than verification - it is about accountability, reversibility, and who bears the cost of mistakes. Here is how to build trust infrastructure that actually holds.

trustagent-economyaccountabilityverificationautomationaudit-logshuman-in-the-loop

Architecture Decision Records with Code References - Holding Architects Accountable

·3 min read

ADRs are only useful when they point to working code. Adding code references to Architecture Decision Records creates accountability and makes decisions

adrarchitecturedocumentationcode-qualityaccountabilityengineering-practices

The Danger of Agency Laundering

·2 min read

Saying 'the AI decided' is a cop-out. Agency laundering shifts responsibility from builders to models, and it is dangerous for the entire AI agent ecosystem.

agency-launderingresponsibilityethicsai-agentsaccountability

Receipts Outlive Memory - Why Git Blame Matters More Than Agent Memory

·2 min read

Agent memory fades, gets pruned, and can be wrong. Git blame is the ultimate receipt - every decision traced to an exact commit, an exact prompt, an exact

gitaccountabilityagent-memoryversion-controldeveloper-tools

Why AI Agents Aren't Widely Deployed Yet - The Trust Gap in 2026

·4 min read

80% of Fortune 500 use AI agents, but only 1 in 9 runs them in production. The technology works. The blocker is accountability - nobody wants to own the outcomes when the agent makes a mistake.

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