Writing
Notes on building calm, private software — and the things I'm into.
The Trouble Isn't Seeing Inside the AI
March 15, 2026We want to open AI up and see the gears. But the real problem isn't seeing inside the AI — it's whether you'd catch it when it's wrong.
3 min readWhy a Category Matters More Than a Product
January 22, 2026Most founders start with a product. The more important work is often deciding what kind of thing it is.
3 min readWhat Subcontractor Payments Taught Me About Building Things
December 14, 2025A tool I never shipped — and why the best thing a prototype builds is your understanding of how people actually behave.
3 min readMemory Escrow, and Why I Killed It
November 18, 2025An idea I was excited about — and what talking to real users taught me about the gap between a real problem and a real market.
3 min readOn Calling AI Creative
October 12, 2025We call AI creative because it makes things. But it doesn't want anything — and wanting is where invention actually starts.
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