Value
Leave It Better Than You Found It
A campsite rule that became a software principle that works as a career strategy. Three layers: deliver, optimize, improve.
The Bus is Leaving...
Government agencies are spending years deploying yesterday's AI tools while agentic development compresses delivery from months to days. The gap isn't linear anymore. It's exponential.
Prod is the only Test that Matters
Organizations optimize for the risk of change while silently accruing the far greater risk of irrelevance. The practitioners solved this decades ago. The structure just won't listen.
Token Spend is a Vanity Metric
The companies pulling back aren't proving AI doesn't work. They're proving that vanity metrics and unlimited budgets are a bad combination regardless of the technology.
The AI x Workflow Conundrum
We love talking about AI in extremes; we focus on total disruption, mass unemployment, or the rise of robot overlords. We spend endless cycles on financing and existential risks, often overlooking the practical reality of how this technology actually shows up at work today.