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    <description>Engineering, people and keeping essential work possible when AI stops.</description>
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      <title>What the KLOD check found in precommitEU</title>
      <link>https://keepthelightson.dev/blog/2026/09/what-the-klod-check-found-in-precommiteu/</link>
      <description>I ran the klod-check skill on my own compliance scanner before asking anyone else to. Here is the report, what it got right, and the one gap it found.</description>
      <category>Case study</category>
      <pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Vibe coding is fine. Then the engineering starts.</title>
      <link>https://keepthelightson.dev/blog/2026/09/beyond-vibe-coding/</link>
      <description>AI can help you build a prototype quickly. Taking it into production still means checking permissions, handling failures and giving people a way to take over.</description>
      <category>Engineering judgement</category>
      <pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>When AI stops, can your team take over?</title>
      <link>https://keepthelightson.dev/blog/2026/09/keep-the-people-who-keep-you-running/</link>
      <description>Your team needs time to learn, tools they can use and practice handling real work without AI. Here's how to make that part of the job.</description>
      <category>People and continuity</category>
      <pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Adding KLOD to Spec Kit and OpenSpec</title>
      <link>https://keepthelightson.dev/blog/2026/09/klod-with-spec-kit-and-openspec/</link>
      <description>Where the two KLOD steps fit in a Spec Kit or OpenSpec workflow, and the exact commands to install them from the public repository.</description>
      <category>Tools and workflow</category>
      <pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Hello. This is KLOD.</title>
      <link>https://keepthelightson.dev/blog/2026/09/welcome-to-klod/</link>
      <description>I'm Alex. KLOD is about building useful AI software while making sure people can keep essential work going when the model is unavailable.</description>
      <category>Start here</category>
      <pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>If the model starts working against you, can you switch it off?</title>
      <link>https://keepthelightson.dev/blog/2026/09/when-ai-breaks-trust/</link>
      <description>What AI safety research means for everyday software: limit an agent's permissions, keep an independent stop control and make unfinished work easy to take over.</description>
      <category>Trust and control</category>
      <pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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