Ideas, projects, and what I'm learning along the way.

Tools, skills, agents, teams — a four-layer model for how agentic systems actually work, and where most teams invest at the wrong altitude.

I built a security checkpoint between two AI agents, one that browses the web and one that controls my computer, because the stuff it finds online could contain hidden attacks.

I built a system to organize my notes and find hidden connections between ideas. After one week and 192 notes, things broke in ways that taught me more than the building did.

Banks don't give you a way to automatically download your statements. But their websites accidentally do. Here's how I figured that out.

After two weeks working with my AI partner Bob, I realized his rulebook was making him worse at his job. So I threw most of it out and taught him judgment instead.

Why the way we heal from failure — in code, in organizations, in life — usually makes us more rigid, and what a weird salamander can teach us about doing it differently.

I consume hundreds of pieces of content a year. Articles, videos, podcasts, conversations. I couldn't remember what I thought about any of them. So I built a system that finds connections I missed and challenges my own assumptions.

Everyone says they use AI. But nobody can prove they're good at it. So I'm designing a way to measure it.

I built a system that takes the same idea and reshapes it for different audiences -- friends, engineers, kids, executives. Same truth, different packaging.

The most valuable thing AI can do right now isn't creative or flashy. It's the stuff nobody wants to do.

When your AI partner can run code on your computer, how do you let it work without letting it wreck anything? I built a containment system with graduated trust, egress filtering, and credentials the AI literally cannot see.

I've played fantasy basketball for 10+ years on instinct. This year I built an AI analyst that watches the league 24/7, spots patterns I'd miss, and delivers actionable insights to my phone every morning.

Not an assistant. Not a chatbot. A partner with opinions, memory, and the ability to push back. Building Bob taught me more about delegation than any management book.