The Cognitive Trade
AI is restructuring how we think — not dumbing us down. But only if you know the difference between cognitive direction and cognitive surrender.
Read more →The Clean Slate
It's easier to form a bond with a faceless alien than with the person sitting next to you. That's not a flaw. It's a design problem.
Read more →The Quiet Processor
The best decisions I've ever made didn't come from thinking harder. They came from knowing when to stop thinking.
Read more →The Morning I Stopped Chasing and Started Living
On the difference between a peak experience and a lived life — and why the latter is harder and more valuable.
Read more →The Force Multiplier They're Not Talking About
Everyone is talking about AI as a great equalizer. They have it backwards. Lived experience is the unfair advantage in the age of AI — and here's the precise mechanism why.
Read more →Humans Are Not Machines, Machines Are Not Human
We built machines to be efficient. We were never meant to be.
Read more →From 22 Person-Weeks to 7 Days: What AI Pair Programming Actually Looks Like
How I shipped a real-time rules engine in 7 working days using AI-augmented development — and why the process matters more than the code.
Read more →Thirteen Years
Most startups don't make it to year five. We just finished year thirteen. This is less about the company, and more about the people.
Read more →The best technology decisions come from leaders who understand the terrain because they’re still walking it.
31 Things I've Learned Being on Startups
The sleep deprivation, the nerf balls, the heated debates — and why I keep going back.
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