This is the long-form writing. Six posts so far. They describe the Hermes agent work I have done and what I have learned from doing it. The writing is plain, the projects are real, and the code is public where it can be.
The newer posts are about Hermes agents. The older posts on my Substack are about other things I have learned in the last ten years.
Recent posts
I built a real-time identification system for my farm. Here is what it does and why.
A four-stage pipeline that identifies vehicles, people, and animals on a farm in real time. Open source.
I run four Hermes agents. Here is what I mean by that.
What a Hermes agent actually is, what it does, and what it does not do.
The open-source software was 95% there. The last 5% is where the agent earns its keep.
Why the gap between a working piece of open-source software and a working system for your business is the agent's job.
A skill is a note the agent writes to itself. After eight months, you have hundreds.
How the agent remembers what it learned and gets faster the longer you use it.
I told my agent I wanted to sell chickens. It built the whole store.
The Crestview Orchards store, end-to-end, built by a Hermes agent.
Do not start by having your AI answer your email.
Why the first agent task should not be the highest-stakes one in your day.
Where to read older posts
The full archive is at rolfversluis.substack.com. The 2026 posts are about AI agents. The 2022 and earlier posts are about what I learned from running a US Navy submarine, a blockchain startup, an IT consulting firm, and a chicken farm.
The voice across all of it is the same. Declarative, plain, written by the person who did the work.
For who we are, see /about. For what an engagement looks like, see the home page.