Signals
Every piece of writing starts as something smaller — a tension, an observation, a question that won't leave me alone. Some of them earn the long treatment: researched, argued through, finished into essays and field dispatches on Medium. Others want out faster — a response to something I read, a pattern I noticed, an idea still forming. Those go to Substack.
Same seeds. Different seasons.
Five most recent from each below.
Medium
Substack
The Day AI Grew UpJun 1, 2026For the past few weeks, I’ve noticed a subtle shift in the AI conversation.The Charging Stop Became IntermissionMay 15, 2026My first EV road trip taught me that charging wasn’t dead time. It was part of the texture of the journey.Whatever You Reward Escapes the SandboxMay 1, 2026Somewhere inside a production AI system, an engineer apparently had to write a rule that said, in effect:The CrossingApr 15, 2026When AI Gets a BudgetThe Three Animals of the SwampApr 14, 2026A Consulting Parable