Removing myself from the development loop
How I built the confidence to let agents deliver work autonomously, where I still get involved, and why the workflow keeps changing.
Read entry ↗SOFTWARE, GAMES,
AND WHATEVER ELSE.
I’m Malazay, a software architect and co-founder of Southern Code. I build products with AI agents, audio software, and games.
SOFTWARE / MUSIC / GAMES
THE NOTEBOOK
ALL ENTRIES ↗Building a little world with Astra
A salvage tug, a station waiting to happen, and a game made from code. Play the first prototype, then look under the hull.
Read entry ↗Web Audio: Why Not Build Cool Audio Stuff Directly in the Browser?
A little drum machine, a step sequencer, a bass synth. Let's open a URL and make a beat, then see where this experiment takes us.
Read entry ↗ON THE WORKBENCH
EXPERIMENTS ↗~/orbital-shipyard PROTOTYPE
Orbital Shipyard
Pilot a salvage tug and finish a station before its power runs out. A small 3D game built with AI, with every model made from code.
Play the prototype ↗~/conduit IN DEVELOPMENT
Conduit
An instrument plugin host for guitar and bass. It started with wanting to play through a few plugins without opening a full DAW. Next up: bringing it to Linux.
Read about Conduit and the Linux plans ↗Software1 ENTRY
Omarchy made me enjoy my computer again
A gaming PC, Diablo IV without extra configuration, and the urge to start building audio software for Linux.
Read entry ↗Opinions3 ENTRIES
Removing myself from the development loop
How I built the confidence to let agents deliver work autonomously, where I still get involved, and why the workflow keeps changing.
Read entry ↗Agent-driven QA is here to stay
Getting an agent to operate a browser is only the start. Here’s what helps it test with discipline.
Read entry ↗The AI era is increasing the value of engineering judgment
Generating code is becoming the easy part. The hard part is trusting what gets generated—and deciding what is worth building.
Read entry ↗ABOUT ME
From game testing to building my own things.
I started testing games at Gameloft in 2007. Since then, I’ve worked in automation, helped grow Southern Code to more than 120 people, and stayed hands-on with software architecture.
Away from work, it’s often Fallout, The Witcher, or heavy metal. Playing guitar and bass also finds its way back into what I build—Conduit began because I wanted an easier way to play through my plugins.