The Warning, Not the Gate
The check I wrote to catch a naked post doesn’t stop the publish. Here’s the rule that decides which checks get to.
Writing
Notes from the workshop.
Thoughts on building production AI systems, the developer tools around them, and the craft of software that feels right; sometimes technical, sometimes personal, always honest.
Honest and Wrong
It told me eight. The answer was nine. It wasn’t hallucinating; it was counting.
The Margin, Not the Price
Everyone keeps quoting the line about charging more. The price isn’t what moves; the margin is.
Fit Over Default
The reflex is to grab the biggest model. I built two systems and chose the opposite on purpose; here’s why fit beats default.
The Job Was Never Coding
The machine learned to type; it never learned what’s worth typing. What AI actually automated, and who it actually left exposed.
The Honest Machine
Most AI keeps talking past the edge of what it knows. I built one that stops. Here's how, and why the refusal is the part I'm proudest of.
Lazy in the Right Way Is Leverage
Two ways to be lazy about the same chore: one traps you in it forever, the other is how every tool ever got built.
Squish: The Soul That Speed Can't Generate
Why people love Mario and not just play it: “squish” is the soul a human gives software, and the one thing speed can’t generate.
I Lacked the Tools, So I Built Them: How Constraint Created a Software Suite
How constraint created a software suite — the story behind the RNVizion toolkit.