Artificial Intelligence
Artificial intelligence is reshaping how we work, create, and solve problems. This hub brings together my thoughts on AI’s practical applications, from building with language models to understanding their implications for business and society.
What You’ll Find Here
- Practical AI Applications: Real-world implementations and case studies
- AI Development: Building with LLMs, agents, and modern AI tooling
- Strategic Perspectives: How AI changes business models and competitive dynamics
- Future Implications: Where this technology is heading and what it means
Articles
A Simple Formula for Naming AI
The AI industry has a naming problem. A simple four-part formula - who owns it, where it lives, AI, and the role it plays - cuts through the jargon and makes AI products instantly understandable.
Why Personal Desktop AI Companions Must Never Run Interpreted Code
An AI agent with file system access and an interpreted runtime is a self-modifying program waiting to happen. Here is the threat model and the compiled-only binary policy I built to prevent it.
Introducing GoBot, an Autonomous AI Agent That Actually Controls Your Desktop
GoBot is a persistent AI agent that remembers conversations, controls your desktop, runs scheduled tasks, and works across multiple channels. Tonight I watched it check my Gmail, compose an email, and click Send. All by itself.
I Reduced My MCP Tools from 96 to 10. Here's the Pattern.
MCP tool bloat is choking LLMs. The Single Tool Resource Action Pattern (STRAP) applies REST-style routing to consolidate 96 operations into 10 tools with the same functionality.
10 Startups in 100 Days
VCs spread capital across founders to find the one that hits. What if a solopreneur could spread effort across MVP startups to do the same thing?
A Day in the Life of an AI Grief Counselor
In late 2024 I ran a quick AI coding walkthrough for senior developers. What followed wasn't about code. It was about fear. In that moment I stopped being a trainer and became an AI grief counselor.
Firsthand Witness to a Hush-Hush Mid Eight-Figure Vendor Failure
The Eight Structural Blockers That Silenced a Project No One Was Allowed to Talk About
How to Use Ballast to Bypass the Usual Headaches of Getting Your AI Agents to Use Real Data
I've hit my limit with AI systems that almost work. In demos everything looks amazing, then the moment you point an agent at real company data, everything slows down, breaks, or vanishes. Let's fix that today with Ballast.
How to Build Your Own MCP Vibe Coding Server in Go Using GoMCP
Learn how to build a blazingly fast MCP server in Go with 20 tools that give Claude everything needed to read, write, execute and debug code.
Projects
Books
The Architecture of Intelligence: How Modern Organizations Build Faster, Smarter, and More Profitable Systems
Modern companies are drowning in complexity. Systems grow without structure. Teams work harder but not smarter. AI becomes noise instead of value. This book explains how intelligent engineering reverses that trend.
The Eight Blockers: the Universal Structural Patterns That Stall AI Initiatives
AI isn't stalling because your organization lacks ambition, talent, or technology. It's stalling because of structures you've never been taught to see. This book introduces The Eight Blockers — a framework that explains why AI efforts lose momentum even inside well-run, well-funded organizations.