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Essays, research notes, and explorations.

2026-03-17·6 min read

Spotting the AI-Native Engineer

There is a widening chasm between teams that have built AI into how they ship and teams that use Copilot as autocomplete. The difference is not incremental. It is structural. And your hiring process is almost certainly blind to it.

2026-02-03·6 min read

The Talent for Tomorrow

The workforce is undergoing a fundamental transformation. As AI agents become capable of executing increasingly complex tasks, the skills that define valuable employees are shifting beneath our feet.

2026-02-02·4 min read

Will Web Browsing Still Last?

Humans are visual animals, wired for survival through pattern recognition. The web was built on that instinct. But when agents become the primary users of digital services, what happens to the interface?

2025-12-29·6 min read

AI and Pareto

At the end of the nineteenth century, Vilfredo Pareto noticed a stubborn pattern in the data. Wealth did not distribute evenly. The asymmetry didn't change. And for a remarkably long time, the curve held.

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