<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?><?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="/rss.xsl"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Mavai — Testing Non-Deterministic Systems — Signals</title><link>https://mavai.org/signals/</link><description>Long-form essays on software engineering in the age of LLMs. Considered takes on quality, testing, and what Deming would say now.</description><generator>Hugo 0.162.1</generator><language>en</language><managingEditor>Mavai</managingEditor><lastBuildDate>Wed, 06 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://mavai.org/signals/index.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title>Shewhart, Toyota, and the Probabilistic Turn</title><link>https://mavai.org/signals/2026-05-06-shewhart-toyota-and-the-probabilistic-turn/</link><pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://mavai.org/signals/2026-05-06-shewhart-toyota-and-the-probabilistic-turn/</guid><description>LLMs break software&amp;rsquo;s binary view of correctness. The discipline that replaces it already exists - it was built at Bell Labs, refined in Nagoya, and has been waiting for software to need it.</description></item><item><title>Deming, Challenger, and the Watershed Moment of AI</title><link>https://mavai.org/signals/2026-04-19-deming-challenger-and-the-ai-watershed/</link><pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://mavai.org/signals/2026-04-19-deming-challenger-and-the-ai-watershed/</guid><description>A watershed-moment essay on why AI amplifies, rather than creates, software quality - and why the responsibility rests with those who own the system.</description></item></channel></rss>