The journey was the point

America outsourced manufacturing, then the skills to design what gets manufactured. Software is next.

09 Feb

The Depth Trade

The internet didn’t stop valuing insight — it just stopped requiring it.

06 Feb

Writing is networking that scales

Writing scales what networking can’t. A short essay on how publishing ideas builds real relationships, creates leverage, and attracts the right people over time.

25 Jan

Your agent is building things you'll never use

I built more with AI agents in two months than the previous year. I used almost none of it. The real productivity gain isn't building—it's using.

24 Jan

Why your coding agent keeps undoing your architecture

Think of your codebase as a state machine. The code is the current state. The architectural decisions are the transitions.

14 Jan

Agents didn't kill libraries—they just changed the math

I've been writing software long enough to remember when "don't reinvent the wheel" was

04 Jan

I Made My Homepage Greet You in 26 Languages

I have a 3090 sitting in a Kubernetes cluster doing basically nothing. So I made it say hello in 26 languages.

01 Jan