Short pieces, one idea each. Some about tech, some about life. Filter below.
A demo that needs a live API key is a demo that will eventually break in front of the wrong person.
Asking a model 'is this good?' and trusting the answer is how you ship noise. Pair it with checks it can't fake.
Approval gates, audit trails, and rollback aren't friction on top of an agent. For most buyers they're the thing being bought.
Teaching kids to swim taught me the order is backwards from what most people assume.
Engineering was the door, not the room.
What teaching swimming taught me about leading people.