Skill engineering and the case against one-shot AI design
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Paul Bakaus created Impeccable, an open-source system that gives AI agents a vocabulary for iterative design improvements—allowing users to request changes like "bolder" or "quieter" rather than one-shot redesigns. The system defines design terms through specific operational concepts such as hierarchy, scale and typography, translating vague adjectives into precise instructions that agents can execute across different coding environments and models. Bakaus designed the tool to keep humans in control of the final 20% of decisions where taste and context matter, explicitly rejecting automation-only approaches in favor of human-agent collaboration.
Why it matters
Paul Bakaus talks to us about Impeccable, human judgment in a 'loopmaxxing' era, and why agents still need people to steer them.
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