Long-form writing on AI, creativity, and systems
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Read on SubstackDiscernment Is Harder Than Production
We say production is no longer scarce, but we still keep looking at the product
Read on SubstackProducts Depreciate, Capabilities Can Compound
Everyone is asking an old question
Read on SubstackThe Organic Software - Part 4: The Stack
An organic system doesn’t emerge from nothing.
Read on SubstackThe Organic Software - Part 3: An Organic System
The previous essay ended with a question: what manages the spectrum?
Read on SubstackThe Organic Software - Part 2: The Space Between App Store and GenUI
There’s a familiar shape to how people discuss the future of software right now.
Read on SubstackThe Organic Software - Part 1: When Products Become Infinite
Why the concept of "app" no longer holds.
Read on SubstackUncertainty as Fermentation
When the conditions changed, the fermentation started working
Read on SubstackNot Every Problem Is Meant to Be Completed
As tools get better at executing, we need to protect the space for seeing problems, finding direction, and pulling each other forward.
Read on SubstackWhy I Started Delegating to My AI Instead of Prompting It
A product called WorkBuddy, and why the new AI agent frontier is relationship, not capability.
Read on SubstackIn the Age of AI, Problem Can Expire Before Its Answer
Why the hardest part of building in AI isn't building
Read on SubstackAI-Native, Outside the Founder Lane - Part 3: The human layer
AI-native as a capability shift, not a productivity claim.
Read on SubstackAI-Native, Outside the Founder Lane - Part 2: Inside the organization
AI-native as a capability shift, not a productivity claim.
Read on SubstackAI-Native, Outside the Founder Lane - Part 1: At individual scale
AI-native as a capability shift, not a productivity claim.
Read on SubstackDesigning for Insight to Happen
Good systems don't produce insight. They make space for it.
Read on SubstackFrom Execution to Insight: Rebuilding the Human-AI Workflow
Beyond production tools — How to design structures that surface blurry ideas without letting AI take control.
Read on SubstackThe Power of Doing Less: Why "Low Output" is Your New Superpower
In a world where AI can produce anything, the value shifts to what you choose not to make.
Read on SubstackThe Art of Pruning: Redefining Professionalism in the Age of AI
Why the most professional act in the AI era is the decision to say "No."
Read on SubstackAuthenticity Is the Temperature of the AI Era
Coordinates, leverage, and calibration in the age of infinite generation
Read on SubstackApplying Future Thinking in Real Work
From thinking differently to working differently
Read on SubstackHow to Read Underlying Shifts
Making sense of change before it hardens into trends
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