Notes, essays, and small experiments on what changes when an editorial system runs at the scale of a platform.https://cmintel.ai/en-GBhttps://cmintel.ai/research/editorial-system-at-platform-scale/https://cmintel.ai/research/editorial-system-at-platform-scale/Decisions per minute become decisions per second; mistakes become probability distributions; the editor's role moves from approving copy to designing the system that approves copy.Mon, 04 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTeditorialsystemsscaleSteve Connellanhttps://cmintel.ai/research/eighteen-agents-not-one-big-model/https://cmintel.ai/research/eighteen-agents-not-one-big-model/The simplest possible architecture for a content system is one model. We tried this. It is wrong. This is the case for separating the decision into eighteen agents.Sun, 03 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTarchitectureagentsdesignSteve Connellanhttps://cmintel.ai/research/restraint-as-architecture/https://cmintel.ai/research/restraint-as-architecture/Most automation is built to maximise output. Colosseum is built to maximise restraint. This essay defends that position and shows the data.Sat, 02 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTrestraintethicsarchitectureSteve Connellan