Writing
A board of essays, notes, and recurring threads.
One practice across two surfaces. Longer essays live at In Principle and selected ones are kept here. Shorter notes and fragments belong to the same body of thought.
Pieces from this site and In Principle are marked, not separated.
Current folio Essay
Good systems reduce panic
A quieter test for system quality — the one that survives a year on call.
4 min· Mar 2025 · Local · systems· reliability
Taste is disciplined reduction
Why most attempts at taste produce things that are merely styled.
Feb 2025 · 3 min min
A product is also an operating model
To change a product durably, design both surfaces — the one users touch, and the one that produces it.
Jan 2025 · 3 min min
Continuity over intensity
A short essay on why the second-year experience is the real product.
Feb 2025 · 6 min min · In Principle
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