Building in Public
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The Atoms Are Already Deployed
Cloud AI sells itself as a software business. Underneath the API sits the largest industrial buildout in the history of computing, and…
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One server, every device, yours
Whelk is out. One server on hardware you own, a native client on every device you carry, and a room full of…
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The Depreciating Asset
Most AI products invest in the part of the stack that loses value fastest. The model is the wasting asset. The interface,…
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Radical Uncertainty Is the Job
Most advice about building a company is the answer to a puzzle. The hardest parts were never puzzles. They are mysteries, and…
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The Marginal Return of Intelligence (And the Marginal Return to It)
People ask how I plan to build more than one company at once. The question assumes intelligence is still scarce. It is…
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The Builder’s Bet
I’ve spent 15+ years building things inside other people’s companies. This week I started building one of my own. It’s called Aqen.ai.…
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I Trained a Small Language Model on My City’s Government Documents
A city council packet runs 400 pages, and the people it affects most read it least. I spent a few Friday nights…
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I Vibe Coded a Civic Tool
Everyone is vibe coding the next todo app. I vibe coded a speed trap for my neighborhood. Slow Them Down estimates car…
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Can AI Solve the Four Burner Problem?
The Four Burner Theory says success means turning off family, friends, health, or work. I have lived it. AI may be the…
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Awe in an AI World
The talk about AI swings between hype and dread. I am stuck on something simpler: people are about to get a lot…