Independent research + software lab
Most problems are
software shaped.
We study the repeated work, lost context, and brittle handoffs inside real systems—then build the smallest useful intervention the evidence supports.
Written + built by Seth Gammon · Independent and in formation
Opening inquiry01 / 2026
The Coordination Tax
When systems forget, people become the database.
Explore the question, model, and limits ↗Find your way in
You do not need to read everything to find what matters.
See the system. Find the leverage. Choose an intent, then move directly to the deepest useful layer.
Opening inquiry
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Trace a system before proposing a tool.
Follow The Coordination Tax from question to model, evidence state, limitations, and research plan.
Best for affected people, domain experts, researchers, and anyone who wants to challenge the premise.
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Current investigation · Opening inquiry
The work people do because systems cannot remember.
The Coordination Tax asks where responsibility and context disappear between people, tools, and institutions—and what a credible intervention would actually need to preserve.
Enter the living dossier01NeedA person knows what matters
02BoundaryContext becomes fragile
03SystemThe record loses the reason
Working hypothesis—not a completed finding.
From the Foundry
Built systems, with the evidence and limits attached.
Move through the cases one at a time. Each opens into its own reconstruction, evidence, and argument.
Field notes + briefings
Read the argument without entering the whole system.
Short, evidence-bounded writing about AI operations, failure, verification, and the work surrounding the tool.
Bring it here