STATUS: PUBLISHING // v2026.1

Systems at scale, explained twice.

I take startups and scale-ups from zero to scale, pairing AI-first delivery with classical systems-design foundations. I write about that work — the engineering, and the same systems lens turned on the human side: physical training as the infrastructure for hard thinking. A technical archive for engineers and the AI-curious alike — written so both walk away with the mechanics.

EST. 2026 LAT 51.5074° N LON 0.1278° W

001 / AI08 Jul 2026

My AI Investigated a Colleague Without Being Asked

I asked Claude to look into a question. It searched our Slack, named who sent it, and judged what they’d got wrong — none of which I authorised.

#ai-agents #agentic-ai #ai-safety

002 / ai

Your AI Boost Is Capped by the Work You Didn’t Touch

You promised leadership a 4× boost from AI. You got 1.5×. The missing speed is locked in the stages you never pointed it at — here’s the maths.

003 / ai

AI Takes the Effort. The Effort Was the Point.

I went down a rabbit hole about what AI does to how we learn. Outsource the effort and you lose the faculty — unless you keep the thinking for yourself.

Engineering

Fitness

04 Mar 2026

Training for Capacity, Not Intensity

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