<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Operator Notes on Dave Marquard</title><link>https://marquard.org/categories/operator-notes/</link><description>Recent content in Operator Notes on Dave Marquard</description><generator>Hugo</generator><language>en</language><lastBuildDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 07:00:00 -0700</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://marquard.org/categories/operator-notes/index.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title>The three guardrails I run my agentic OS by — and why the limits made it more useful</title><link>https://marquard.org/posts/agent-guardrails/</link><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 07:00:00 -0700</pubDate><guid>https://marquard.org/posts/agent-guardrails/</guid><description>Each rule trades a capability I rarely need for supervision I&amp;rsquo;d otherwise owe constantly.</description></item><item><title>The job description for an AI-fluent PM in 2026</title><link>https://marquard.org/posts/ai-pm-job-description/</link><pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 09:00:00 -0700</pubDate><guid>https://marquard.org/posts/ai-pm-job-description/</guid><description>The falsifiable proxy: has this person built and lived with an agent of their own, unattended, for a week.</description></item><item><title>Six months building an agentic OS. What it changed about how I think about product orgs.</title><link>https://marquard.org/posts/agentic-os-six-months/</link><pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2026 09:00:00 -0700</pubDate><guid>https://marquard.org/posts/agentic-os-six-months/</guid><description>The rubric replaced the PRD, the cost meter is about to go live, and most org charts haven&amp;rsquo;t priced in either.</description></item></channel></rss>