Thinking / Writing
A small public notebook for the ideas behind the work: production AI, human-centered automation, provenance, complexity, design, and the future of careers.
Jun 27, 2026 / 8 min / Open source
Presetter began as a way to stop copying config files. Version 9 turns that small irritation into a clearer system for preserving engineering decisions across projects, packages, and time.
May 18, 2026 / 9 min / Systems
A note on why the apparatus around the model — and not the model itself — has quietly become the substance of intelligent work.
May 11, 2026 / 7 min / Notebook
The smallest loop that calls a model, dispatches its tools, keeps a memory, and decides when to stop — and what each of those choices is actually saying.
Apr 02, 2026 / 12 min / Agents
The best agents feel like collaborators, not servants. A note on tone, refusal, and the texture of usefulness.
May 19, 2025 / 7 min / Systems
Context shapes decisions, creates leverage, and compounds over time. The next durable AI products will treat context as infrastructure, not prompt decoration.
May 02, 2025 / 8 min / Agents
Agent demos are optimized for spectacle. Production agents need memory boundaries, verifiable action, recovery paths, and a clear theory of when not to act.
Apr 16, 2025 / 6 min / Product
The best tools reduce friction, preserve human taste, and make the work itself more visible than the interface around it.