STATUS: PUBLISHING // v2026.1

Systems at scale, explained twice.

I join startups and scale-ups where things stop holding: the product that doesn’t work, the platform that won’t scale, the bill nobody can explain. I write about the fixes, mostly applied AI and the systems under it. 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 / engineering

AI Didn’t Kill Junior Engineers. It Killed Spec-Following.

Junior-developer jobs are shrinking, not because AI codes better but because it executes to spec faster than a junior can. That changes what to hire for.

003 / 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.

Engineering

Fitness

04 Mar 2026

Training for Capacity, Not Intensity

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