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Palani

Building and documenting agentic AI systems — from governance architectures to runtime optimization.

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Research & deep dives into agentic systems

How Autonomous Agents Work: The Runtime Loop Behind Agentic AI
Agentic AIJun 2026

How Autonomous Agents Work: The Runtime Loop Behind Agentic AI

A practical walkthrough of the intent, planning, tool use, observation, policy, approval, memory, and outcome loop that powers autonomous agents.

8 min
Agentic Lab
ArchitectureBeginner
Designing Approval UX for Autonomous Agents
Agentic AIJun 2026

Designing Approval UX for Autonomous Agents

Autonomous agents need approval surfaces that explain risk, scope, expiration, evidence, and rollback before a human grants permission.

8 min
Agentic Lab
ArchitectureSecurityGenerative UI
The Agent Observability Stack: Tracing Intent, Tools, Policy, and Outcomes
Agentic AIJun 2026

The Agent Observability Stack: Tracing Intent, Tools, Policy, and Outcomes

Agents become trustworthy when every intent, plan, tool call, policy decision, approval, and outcome can be inspected as one coherent trace.

8 min
Agentic Lab
ArchitectureObservabilitySecurity
Thread-Safe Canvas: Building Zero-Latency Interfaces with Web Workers
ArchitectureMay 2026

Thread-Safe Canvas: Building Zero-Latency Interfaces with Web Workers

JavaScript is single-threaded. Running complex render loops on the main thread leads to dropped frames and input lag. OffscreenCanvas lets us run loops in a Web Worker, ensuring zero interface latency.

7 min
Active Research
Performance
The Architecture of Autonomy: Building Guardrails for Agentic Systems
Agentic AIApr 2026

The Architecture of Autonomy: Building Guardrails for Agentic Systems

Moving from Passive AI (chat) to Active Agents (execution). A shift from simple RBAC to Contextual Governance.

6 min
Personal Research
ArchitectureSecurity
A2UI: Designing the Semantic Frontdoor
A2UIApr 2026

A2UI: Designing the Semantic Frontdoor

A declarative protocol that uses flat adjacency lists for reliable, high-speed UI streaming, ensuring security and consistency.

5 min
Active Research
Generative UIArchitecture
Agent Skills: From Monolithic Tools to Atomic Capabilities
Agentic AIApr 2026

Agent Skills: From Monolithic Tools to Atomic Capabilities

Shifting the paradigm from 'Function Calling' to 'Skill Registries.' How to build agents that discover and master capabilities dynamically.

6 min
Agentic Lab
EngineeringMCP
The Agent Loop: Engineering the Cognitive Heartbeat
ArchitectureApr 2026

The Agent Loop: Engineering the Cognitive Heartbeat

Beyond one-shot prompts. Designing recursive loops that handle planning, execution, and self-correction without drifting into infinite recursion.

7 min
Active Research
RuntimeState-Machines
Introduction to Agentic AI: What You Need to Know
Agentic AIApr 2026

Introduction to Agentic AI: What You Need to Know

A beginner's guide to understanding agentic AI systems and their fundamental concepts.

3 min
Beginner Guide
Beginner
A2UI Part 2: Taming State in Streamed Interfaces
A2UIMay 2026

A2UI Part 2: Taming State in Streamed Interfaces

When an agent continuously streams new UI JSON, how do you prevent the user's client-side state from wiping out? A deep dive into Semantic Diffing and DOM Reconciliation.

8 min
Active Research
Generative UIArchitecture
Wasm-Powered Canvas: High-Performance Simulations with WebAssembly
ArchitectureMay 2026

Wasm-Powered Canvas: High-Performance Simulations with WebAssembly

If OffscreenCanvas offloads UI rendering to Web Workers, WebAssembly handles the heavy math. Run 100k+ body physics directly in a Worker for zero main-thread overhead.

8 min
Active Research
PerformanceWebAssembly
A2UI Part 3: Event Hydration and Execution Security in Generative UI
A2UIMay 2026

A2UI Part 3: Event Hydration and Execution Security in Generative UI

How do you handle clicks, form entries, and action triggers generated on the fly by an AI? Building a secure event delegation framework that prevents UI injection.

9 min
Active Research
Generative UIArchitectureSecurity
Native Bento: Rethinking Responsive Layouts with Container Queries and CSS Anchor Positioning
ArchitectureMay 2026

Native Bento: Rethinking Responsive Layouts with Container Queries and CSS Anchor Positioning

Stop using heavy JS positioning libraries for menus and resize listeners for layouts. CSS Anchor Positioning and Container Queries let the browser compose bento blocks natively.

7 min
Active Research
Performance
WebMCP: Bridging Model Context Protocol (MCP) and Browser Runtimes
Agentic AIMay 2026

WebMCP: Bridging Model Context Protocol (MCP) and Browser Runtimes

Model Context Protocol (MCP) is revolutionizing how LLM agents interact with local tools and context. WebMCP extends this architecture to browser contexts, allowing web clients to expose native browser resources and page APIs securely to agents.

8 min
Active Research
ArchitecturePerformance
Securing the Agentic Workspace: File System Access API & Sandbox Handshakes
SecurityMay 2026

Securing the Agentic Workspace: File System Access API & Sandbox Handshakes

Standardizing the permission handshake and AST-level sanitization routines when granting autonomous browser agents native local directory access via the File System Access API.

8 min
Active Research
ArchitectureAgentic AI
Zero-Cost Intent Routing: Benchmarking window.ai & Edge Vector DBs in Agent Loops
PerformanceMay 2026

Zero-Cost Intent Routing: Benchmarking window.ai & Edge Vector DBs in Agent Loops

How to harness Google's Chrome-native Gemini Nano (window.ai) and client-side vector search inside Web Workers for sub-10ms, cost-free intent classification.

8 min
Agentic Lab
Agentic AIWebAssembly

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