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Ian Parent

Building Iris — first MCP-native eval & observability tool for AI agents. Writing about agent observability, cost tracking, and what happens when agents run in production.

Location CA, USA Joined Joined on  Personal website https://iris-eval.com github website twitter website

Education

Cal Poly (SLO), B.S. Mathematics

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Founder & Builder, Iris (iris-eval.com)

The Eval Loop: Why Evals Are the Loss Function for Agent Quality
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The Eval Loop: Why Evals Are the Loss Function for Agent Quality

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Eval-Driven Development: Write the Rules Before the Prompt
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Eval-Driven Development: Write the Rules Before the Prompt

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Eval Coverage: The Metric Your AI Agents Are Missing
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Eval Coverage: The Metric Your AI Agents Are Missing

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The Eval Gap: Why Your AI Demo Works and Production Doesn't
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The Eval Gap: Why Your AI Demo Works and Production Doesn't

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Eval Drift: The Silent Quality Killer for AI Agents
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Eval Drift: The Silent Quality Killer for AI Agents

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The AI Eval Tax: The Hidden Cost Every Agent Team Is Paying
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The AI Eval Tax: The Hidden Cost Every Agent Team Is Paying

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Agent Errors vs Application Errors: Why Your Error Tracker Can't See AI Failures
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Agent Errors vs Application Errors: Why Your Error Tracker Can't See AI Failures

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MCP Meets OpenTelemetry: Bridging Agent Observability and Infrastructure Monitoring
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MCP Meets OpenTelemetry: Bridging Agent Observability and Infrastructure Monitoring

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Toward an MCP Observability Specification
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Toward an MCP Observability Specification

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How to Evaluate AI Agent Output Without Calling Another LLM
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How to Evaluate AI Agent Output Without Calling Another LLM

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MCP Observability is the New APM
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MCP Observability is the New APM

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Heuristic vs Semantic Eval: When <1ms Matters More Than LLM-as-Judge
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Heuristic vs Semantic Eval: When <1ms Matters More Than LLM-as-Judge

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The Cost of Invisible Agents: What $0.47 Per Query Looks Like at Scale
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The Cost of Invisible Agents: What $0.47 Per Query Looks Like at Scale

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Why Your AI Agents Need Observability
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Why Your AI Agents Need Observability

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Why Every MCP Agent Needs an Independent Observer
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Why Every MCP Agent Needs an Independent Observer

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The State of MCP Agent Observability (March 2026)
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The State of MCP Agent Observability (March 2026)

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