Essays by Kam Low on software, autonomous agents, governance, perception, and martial arts.https://auscaster.comenhttps://auscaster.com/before-you-let-the-agent-build-ithttps://auscaster.com/before-you-let-the-agent-build-itA detailed plan can make a bad idea look very organised. Why I make coding agents defend the plan, inspect the existing code and prove what they changed.Tue, 18 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTKam LowAIEngineeringscafldhttps://auscaster.com/are-you-still-paying-for-docshttps://auscaster.com/are-you-still-paying-for-docsBeautiful docs are worth caring about. Renting the machinery to publish them is a separate question. What the typesetting upheaval tells us about the next documentation invoice.Fri, 15 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTKam LowStrategyAIDocumentationhttps://auscaster.com/the-work-never-finisheshttps://auscaster.com/the-work-never-finishesI can have five or six AI agents working and still feel behind. On building businesses, martial arts, and the habit of making rest something you have to earn.Wed, 13 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTKam LowAIWorkLifehttps://auscaster.com/webrtc-in-150-lines-of-cpphttps://auscaster.com/webrtc-in-150-lines-of-cppA webcam, a browser, and under 150 lines of C++. Follow the frames through capture, encoding, and WebRTC, with the complete Icey application and the build instructions to run it yourself.Mon, 11 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTKam LowC++WebRTCIceyhttps://auscaster.com/someone-still-has-to-read-ithttps://auscaster.com/someone-still-has-to-read-itEven good AI-assisted contributions cost somebody time to review and maintain. What curl’s experience reveals about the work on the receiving end.Fri, 24 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTKam LowAIOpen SourceEngineeringhttps://auscaster.com/the-agent-problemhttps://auscaster.com/the-agent-problemWe are no longer the only ones using the internet. Agents can spend and make commitments, but someone else lives with the consequences. Who supplies the judgment, the limits, and the liability?Thu, 12 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTKam LowAIPhilosophySocietyhttps://auscaster.com/why-democracy-must-diehttps://auscaster.com/why-democracy-must-diePut a hundred people in a cave. Would they elect one person to do their thinking? A proposal for governing through public values, open argument and accountable decisions.Thu, 12 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTKam LowSocietyPhilosophyGovernancehttps://auscaster.com/conquering-the-internethttps://auscaster.com/conquering-the-internetWarlords, gold rushes, and the discipline of choosing ground you can hold. Why understanding a problem deeply is a better starting point than chasing the next model release.Wed, 11 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTKam LowStrategyPhilosophyTechnologyhttps://auscaster.com/engineering-the-mindhttps://auscaster.com/engineering-the-mindKnowing the movements isn’t the same as understanding the art. The same holds for thought: how habit shapes perception, what paradox can teach, and why practice changes the person doing it.Wed, 11 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTKam LowMindIntelligencePhilosophyhttps://auscaster.com/mind-and-fasciahttps://auscaster.com/mind-and-fasciaWhat was Chu Shong Tin trying to teach his students to feel? Nim Lik, fascia, and the gap between copying a movement and developing the internal state that makes it work.Wed, 11 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTKam LowMindBodyMartial Artshttps://auscaster.com/the-clone-problemhttps://auscaster.com/the-clone-problemOpen ten generated websites and the family resemblance is hard to miss. What gets lost when models learn from models, and why the strange, difficult edges of human work matter.Wed, 11 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTKam LowAIPhilosophyCulturehttps://auscaster.com/understanding-psychedelicshttps://auscaster.com/understanding-psychedelicsShamans, chemists, and the uneasy relationship between direct experience and scientific explanation. What psychedelic states might reveal about the filters through which we ordinarily see the world.Tue, 01 Jul 2014 00:00:00 GMTKam LowMindSciencePhilosophy