Thinking
Essays and notes on data, AI, and the tools we build with.
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Swimming Against Hard Edges
How I work now just doesn't feel like moving water through pipes - but more like swimming in it. More chaotic but more efficient at the same time.
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When Is An Agent Not An Agent?
The definition of an agent really matters. It just so happens, we need two of them.
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The Compliance Loop
I turned all the ICO guidance into a Claude Code skill - so now all my engineering and data decisions are compliant by default.
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The Efficiency Trap
AI's promise feels more like a threat.
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AI Doesn't need to be intelligent - just not as stupid as I am.
Yesterday two of my agents told me, in sequence and without consulting each other, to stop working, close my laptop and put my phone down.
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30 years of disappointment. The AI Agent I met in 1997
How a disappointing demo in 1997 started a thirty-year quest to explore agents, data, and who technology actually serves.
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The Attentive Economy
When Technology Stops Demanding and Starts Giving
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AI - Homo Sapiens Nesciens?
The being who knows they don't know
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AI is a curious object.
The Future Belongs to Questions, Not Answers
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AI. What Do You Want From Us?
If we think of AI as a curiosity engine rather than a repository of information - we will begin to really unlock its potential.
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AI Agents: More Medicine, Less Software?
Why AI agents in government might need pharmaceutical-style regulation rather than traditional software governance approaches.
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Data Was the New Oil.
AI is shifting strategies - from extractive data consumption to collaborative stewardship, requiring new infrastructures designed for both human and machine interaction.
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The Command Line Is My New Operating System.
I didn't expect the future of AI Interfaces to look like one of the oldest. But here we are.