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Notes on shipping AI features into production software. Infrequent, specific, written to be read once.

Why your first AI use case shouldn't touch sensitive data

May 7, 2026

Regulated-industry AI buyers are stuck in security reviews instead of shipping tools. The fix is to skip sensitive data entirely on the first build, using procurement as the wedge. A 90-day expansion path that mirrors how regulated industries adopted cloud between 2014 and 2019.

What overnight AI research can't see

April 21, 2026

Autonomous AI research produces confident plans on public facts. It can't see the decisions you've already made in private. A short piece on the load-bearing assumption that has to be dumped into the prompt before any overnight session starts.