Essay
The Velocity Paradox: Why AI Should Slow You Down
AI speeds up drafting, not understanding. The highest-leverage AI workflow shifts effort from typing to specification, architecture, and verification.
Ideas
Field notes, system arguments, and operating lessons.
This is where I document what I am learning from platform work, workflow experiments, and the trade-offs that show up once software has to hold up in real use.
Essay
Building Systems That Stay Legible
Why I care about platform systems, engineering judgement, and the interfaces between code, product, and operations.
Field test
Gemini 3 vs. GPT-5-Codex in a Daily Workflow
A short field test of where Gemini 3 felt faster, where GPT-5-Codex still felt safer, and how I would actually use each in day-to-day engineering work.
Archive
Everything published so far
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Operating note
How to Build Agency When You're Smart Enough to Wait Forever
Agency is the habit of shortening the gap between noticing and moving. A practical guide to acting sooner, learning faster, and stopping respectable forms of delay.
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Field test
Gemini 3 vs. GPT-5-Codex in a Daily Workflow
A short field test of where Gemini 3 felt faster, where GPT-5-Codex still felt safer, and how I would actually use each in day-to-day engineering work.
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Essay
The Velocity Paradox: Why AI Should Slow You Down
AI speeds up drafting, not understanding. The highest-leverage AI workflow shifts effort from typing to specification, architecture, and verification.
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Essay
Building Systems That Stay Legible
Why I care about platform systems, engineering judgement, and the interfaces between code, product, and operations.