Essays
Descend chronologically: newest at the surface.
The Last Mile Is a PersonEvery AI rollout ends the same way: one human deciding whether to change how they work tomorrow.May 2027Trust Is Denominated in ErrorsUsers don't ask how often a model is right. They ask what it cost them the last time it was wrong.Apr 2027The Data Is the Org ChartEvery data quality problem I have debugged turned out to be an incentive problem wearing a schema.Mar 2027Agents Shaped Like JobsNobody has a role called 'chat.' Agents work when they map to work.Feb 2027Demos Are DemosThe distance between an impressive demo and a product people trust.Jan 2027Good Work Doesn't SpeakThe best engineer I ever knew was fired on a spreadsheet.Dec 2026Platforms Are Extracted, Not PremeditatedEvery real platform I have seen was pulled out of working systems.Nov 2026The Adoption Layer1,300 weekly users later: what actually makes AI land inside an enterprise.Oct 2026Urgency Without FocusWhat I learned watching a company sprint in every direction at once.Sep 2026