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Writing from the studio.
Essays on the disciplines we work by — systems, architecture, applied AI, and the quiet acts that keep software alive over time.
- J-003
The discipline of evaluation.
In production, the moat is not the model. The moat is the system that knows when the model is wrong.
Applied AI · Evaluation · Production7 min read
- J-002
Domain seams: where systems quietly come apart.
The most expensive defects in legacy systems are not bugs. They are misnamed boundaries — places where ownership and contracts have drifted from the original drawing.
Architecture · Legacy systems8 min read
- J-001
On restraint.
The most consequential design decisions are the ones not made. A short essay on why disciplined removal is engineering's most underrated act.
Systems thinking · Discipline6 min read
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