Verify Before You Optimize
You can't automate what you can't verify—building the feedback loop first unlocks everything after.
Inspiration
The gap between AI potential and AI results isn't intelligence, it's verification infrastructure. Coding has tests, games have scores, but creative work often has no clear success criteria. Before delegating to AI, ask: can I tell if this is correct? Define what "good" looks like before optimizing for speed. The pattern: automate what you can measure, reserve human judgment for what resists definition. Speed follows infrastructure, not the other way around.
Style Prompt
Methodical prog-grunge at 110 BPM, clean structure with forward momentum. Bright guitar work alternating between clean arpeggios and crunchy chords, melodic bass anchoring, tight drums in 7/8 groove. Confident male vocals, conversational and direct. Dynamic build from contemplative verse to driving chorus. Odd time signatures that feel natural, not mathematical. DIY energy with practical clarity.
Lyrics
Before you delegate the work
Ask if you can verify
Define what correct looks like
Or watch the cycles multiply
Coding tests exist, games have scores
Creative work plateaus
The gap's not intelligence
It's knowing what success shows
Verify before you optimize
Build the feedback loop first
Can't improve what you can't measure
Speed follows the infrastructure
Verify, then iterate
Writing can't check "good prose"
But can check broken links
Design can't verify beauty
But contrast ratios sync
The pattern's clear: automate
The parts you can define
Reserve your human judgment
For what resists the line
Verify before you optimize
Build the feedback loop first
Can't improve what you can't measure
Speed follows the infrastructure
Verify, then iterate
Presence as foundation here
What does success mean, make it clear
Can't automate what's undefined
The act of verification
Converts intentions into fact
Reveals where understanding's fuzzy
Shows exactly where you're at
Verify before you optimize
Build the feedback loop first
Can't improve what you can't measure
Speed follows the infrastructure
Verify before you optimize
Position where verification exists
Iterate fast on what you can test
Reserve judgment for the rest
Verify, then iterate
Build the feedback loop first
Speed follows
Speed follows
