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Trial by Fire Lab

Practical AI for people who actually work.

A field lab for practical AI, agent workflows, automation, and memory systems — tested against real-world mess instead of clean demo-world nonsense.

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What this is

A lab notebook for useful AI systems.

01

AI workflows

Turning messy notes, screenshots, ideas, and project chaos into something usable.

02

Agent systems

Testing agents that can remember, use tools, follow procedures, and stay inside the rails.

03

Memory systems

Separating facts, procedures, project state, logs, and source-of-truth notes so it does not become soup.

04

Automation experiments

Building small systems that remove dumb friction without creating another dashboard to babysit.

Current series

Hermes in the Fire

A practical look at using Hermes Agent as an operating layer: memory, tools, skills, messaging, scheduled workflows, and boundaries.

The rule

If it only works in a tutorial, it does not count.

Who this is for

People who like building, not guru smoke.