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Ethan Lee
If you like thinking about logic and enjoy solving problems, this is for you.

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hard very hard hard LM-generated code is more reliable than LLM-generated instructions.** A prompt that says "never generate img tags" is a suggestion. A Python function that strips img tags and returns a validation error is a…

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Ethan Lee · Alumni
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If you like thinking about logic and enjoy solving problems, this is for you.

Sep 2026
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hard very hard hard LM-generated code is more reliable than LLM-generated instructions.** A prompt that says "never generate img tags" is a suggestion. A Python function that strips img tags and returns a validation error is a guarantee. The most impactful part of Sentinel isn't the detection or the eval — it's the moment where it stops trying to convince the LLM to behave and just writes code to enforce it. - **Observability for AI agents is fundament

Apr 2026

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