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KPIs Aren't the Problem. How We Talk About Them Is.
Operational Efficiency

KPIs Aren't the Problem. How We Talk About Them Is.

January 13, 20263 min read

Most dashboards treat KPIs like a scoreboard. Green equals good, red equals bad. Useful for reporting, but terrible for decision-making. A KPI Driver Tree flips this idea around.

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AI for job hunting
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AI for job hunting

January 3, 20264 min read

When personalised tools can be created in days, broad vanilla platforms start to feel useless. I built my own AI job tracker in a day and a half.

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Co-Intelligence: A Practical Guide to Working With AI
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Co-Intelligence: A Practical Guide to Working With AI

December 29, 20253 min read

Ethan Mollick's Co-Intelligence offers a clear, accessible introduction to using large language models as collaborators. It's the perfect on-ramp for AI newcomers, though seasoned users may find familiar ground.

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Opus 4.5 is smarter than my dog
Learning

Opus 4.5 is smarter than my dog

December 27, 20254 min read

Each time a machine crosses a new threshold, many people insist: that doesn't really count as intelligence. Why do we resist calling machine behavior intelligent?

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Why I built Babblo
Learning

Why I built Babblo

December 15, 20255 min read

Fluency doesn't come from studying language. It comes from generating it. That's why I built Babblo.

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On Intelligence: human brains vs LLMs
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On Intelligence: human brains vs LLMs

December 15, 20252 min read

Jeff Hawkins' 2005 exploration of intelligence as prediction was ahead of its time in some ways, but missed the mark on others.

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Empire of AI: A Book Written Too Early
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Empire of AI: A Book Written Too Early

December 15, 20252 min read

Karen Hao's Empire of AI attempts to capture the OpenAI story while it's still being written. The result is part insightful journalism, part premature verdict.

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My Claude Code Workflow
Coding

My Claude Code Workflow

November 22, 20256 min read

How I evolved from copy-paste chaos to a planning-first workflow with Claude Code, and why adding friction made everything faster.

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Machines That Build Themselves
Innovation

Machines That Build Themselves

November 15, 20244 min read

I don't know if everyone will end up with an AI-powered personal assistant. I just know that I badly want one. Here's how I accidentally built one.

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Self-Healing Sausage Maker
Operational Efficiency

Self-Healing Sausage Maker

November 8, 20245 min read

I deliberately wrote this post without AI assistance so you can compare it to my AI-assisted work. Here's how the sausage is made, including when the software fixed itself mid-process.

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Adapt or die
General

Adapt or die

November 1, 20245 min read

This blog is part of my reinvention, not away from leadership, but toward a new version of it. Adapt or die.

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