$ whoami
Nick — backend engineer turned founder building infrastructure for reliable AI agents.
10+ years building backend systems and distributed services.
Focused on runtime control, safety, and production reliability for AI agents.
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Runtime governance layer for AI agents. Policy enforcement, tool execution safety, and cost boundaries for LLM-driven systems. |
Open knowledge base for AI agent architecture. Patterns, failure modes and production design for real-world AI agent systems. |
| Area | Focus |
|---|---|
| 🏗️ Agent Governance | Runtime policy enforcement for LLM agents |
| 🔒 Safety Boundaries | Tool control & execution sandboxing |
| 🔭 Observability | Tracing, logging, and audit trails for agents |
| 🧪 Failure Analysis | Cataloguing how agents fail — and why |
- AI agent architectures
- Runtime control layers
- Tool execution boundaries
- Reliable production AI systems
| Repo | Description |
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onceonly-python |
Python SDK for OnceOnly runtime governance |
onceonly-typescript |
TypeScript SDK for OnceOnly runtime governance |
agentpatterns |
Examples for agentpatterns.tech |
Open to collaborations on AI agent infrastructure.
If you're building agents that need to be reliable in production — let's talk.

