writing

essays

ai-collaborative. polished. the thinking voice.

2026-04-05

how i delobotomized chatgpt

the AI isn't dumb. it's lobotomized. the fix isn't better prompts — it's rebuilding the operating environment.

2026-03-28

kanly v2

stole like an artist. 119k-star repo analyzed, patterns lifted, bootleg version upgraded.

2026-03-28

compensation architecture

you don't build self-governance infrastructure because you're disciplined. you build it because you're not.

2026-03-21

one prompt, one video

heard about remotion. never opened the docs. wrote one paragraph, got a launch video back in 60 seconds.

2026-03-21

judgement per hour

wrong metric is lines of code. the one that compounds is judgement calls.

2026-03-19

build your own arsenal

best skills don't come from browsing packs. they come from the step that keeps repeating because skipping it broke something.

2026-03-18

you're not thinking with ai. you're hiding behind it.

there's a version of ai productivity that looks like building and functions like avoidance.

2026-03-17

baptism by ice

walk long enough and things separate on their own. what matters. what doesn't.

2026-03-13

market timing

co-founded knowhere. $30m volume. we were tracking to #1. window closed. market timing beats execution every time.

2026-03-12

new paradigm

designer codes. developer codes. biz guy codes. the tool just works for all three now.

2026-03-09

kanly governance

ai makes you faster at building the wrong thing too. governance isn't overhead — it's what keeps speed from becoming expensive.

2026-03-09

openclaw → claude code

the middleware was the problem the entire time.

2026-03-08

ai in coding

not chasing speed — trying to see where it actually changes outcomes. a 10-post thread.