29 engineering principles: self-contained, self-healing, reset-resistant, governed.
2026·09 · 10 min · Full text in progress
writing
Writing
Notes from the shore, written slowly. Most of it comes from real project logs — including the rework and the proposals I sent back. Click a title to open its summary.
Goals, boundaries, sign-off — a reusable collaboration workflow.
2026·08 · 12 min · Full text in progress
When AI writes all the code, where does quality come from? Automated verification and evidence chains.
2026·07 · 9 min · Full text in progress
Collaborating where feedback is expensive is a different game from collaborating on a web project. This one includes a few real crash sites.
2026·05 · 11 min · Full text in progress
An equity curve is the easiest thing to fool. I check three things: reproducibility, whether assumptions are explicit, and whether errors get swallowed silently.
2026·04 · 8 min · Full text in progress
5 pieces, newest first. Full texts land as they are finished; until then each summary is marked "Full text in progress".
How I write
Method over conclusions
Conclusions expire; methods don't. Every piece tries to keep the reasoning, including the wrong turns.
Failures over victory laps
Rework, rejections, crash sites — that's where the real cost is. A record of successes only is worth nothing.
No marketing copy
No "disruptive", no "revolutionary", no "must-read". If something is worth saying, plain statement is enough.