Experiments

Write-ups of what I am building and learning, straight from the lab.

[Experiment 10] Can an AI Agent learn to allocate carrier capacity like a transport volume manager?

A Hermes agent plays a full year as transport volume manager. 35 runs. From about $4.15M to a record $8.32M. Backup and shortfall penalties are the profit leaks.

Published 24 August 2026

[Experiment 9] Can an AI Agent learn to manage a multi-product retail category?

In this experiment we see how an AI agent can learn to be a retail category manager

Published 16 August 2026

[Experiment 8] Can a Hermes AI Agent improve his retail category manager skills by playing an online game?

Teaching an AI Agent to learn retail category skills by playing an online simulation game

Published 9 August 2026

[Experiment 7] I built a Tycoon game to learn about Hermes AI Agents

A Tycoon game to learn about Hermes Agent. Massive skill tree in there created by LLM

Published 1 August 2026

[Experiment 6] I built an autonomous drone defense game to learn about drones and autonomous AI

A game to learn about autonomous drones and AI

Published 25 July 2026

[Experiment 5] I built an AI Agent Tycoon Game to Learn about OpenClaw, LangChain and Hermes Agents

A game to learn about AI Agents

Published 18 July 2026

[Experiment 4] I built a game where I learn how an AI lab allocates resources in order to improve their models

Game mainly for myself to learn about how AI LLM labs allocate their resources to build LLM models

Published 15 July 2026

[Experiment 3] Building a Data Center Simulator Game to Learn about Computers Before I build My Homelab Compute Cluster

I built a data center game to learn about AI and technical setup in computers

Published 12 July 2026

[EXPERIMENT 2] I built a chatGPT replacement so that I can see how much AI really costs

I built a chatgpt replacement to better manage AI costs

Published 4 July 2026

[EXPERIMENT 1] Building an AI Agent to Optimize Job Search

My first experiment. Focus on setting up a Hermes agent to support me in my job search

Published 27 June 2026

The monthly letter

Stay ahead in supply chain with AI agents

A monthly letter from a supply chain tech veteran who is building AI agents in public. The letter is for every supply chain pro who wants to stay ahead as AI rewires supply chains.