Writing
Notes on shipping AI that gets used — and what that does to a team’s week.
Zero to 0.5
AI rollouts that prescribe die in two weeks. The one that worked took people halfway, then stopped — and measured what happened next.
The system that built this site
This site was designed, reviewed, and shipped by the AI system I run — and still is, 300+ agent runs on. The AI argued, built, and deployed; the calls were mine.
Recurring AI jobs and the bolt-on trap
The choice hiding inside every recurring AI job: bolt it on, or run it on real plumbing.
AI vs automation: most of your workflow shouldn’t be AI
The skill isn’t using more AI — it’s using as little as the job actually needs.
Your AI didn’t break — it drifted
AI processes don’t fail loudly. They quietly stop fitting the job — here’s what catches it.
The two loops every AI process needs
A review loop catches today’s mistake. A feedback loop stops you making it forever.
Your AI is a mirror — it reflects you, good and bad
AI has no standards of its own. It reflects yours — thin in, confident nonsense out.
Your AI is a junior, not an oracle
Stop arguing about 90% accuracy. Manage AI like a capable junior who’s occasionally, confidently wrong.
If one of these sounds like your week — talk to me.