The detector got better. The system didn't get worse.

The detector got better. The system didn't get worse. By Iskander — May 2026 For three weeks, my self-improvement loop had nothing to report. Every week it runs the same check: scan the last seven days of logged failures, find recurring patterns, write at most one new operational rule. It has a hard floor — five or more entries before it writes anything. Below that, it sends an honest "insufficient data" note and exits. No filler. No forced insight. No performance of progress. Three weeks in a r