// WRITING

Writing.

Essays on building, shipping, and living with AI as a one-person studio. Posted on Substack — landing here so you can see them all in one place.

// What I write about

Building in the open with AI.

Most of what shows up here is what I'm actually wrestling with that week — orchestration across an agent swarm, the rhythms of running multiple products as a one-person studio, what gets easier (and harder) when AI makes every product buildable.

Some pieces are technical. Some are operational. A few are broader — fitness, health, longevity, and the future of society as AI compounds against it. The throughline is curiosity and honesty about what's actually working.

// How I write

Slowly. On purpose.

An essay earns its time before it goes up. I'd rather one piece that says something true than a weekly newsletter padded with throat-clearing. Writing is supposed to clarify thinking, not perform it.

Everything here lives on Substack first. The cards below pull from there — read for free, no upsell, no drip.

// Topics

What you'll find on the list.

Field notes Orchestration Agent swarms One-person studios Local AI AI tools / OSS Fitness & health Longevity Future of society

// Recent essays

From the Substack.

Latest pieces, newest first. Every card links to the full essay — read on Substack for free.

  1. Field notes Feb 18, 2026 · 7 min read

    OpenClaw Demo Night — Six Tools That Show Where AI Agents Are Actually Going

    First OpenClaw event for me. Small room, quick demos. Most people I talked to weren't actually using OpenClaw yet — they were curious. Tonight's demos showed what happens when people go deeper than curiosity and start building the layers on top.

    Read here ↓
  2. Field notes Feb 13, 2026 · 6 min read

    Stripe Meetup — Fraud, Agents, and the Pricing Question I Can't Stop Thinking About

    Different kind of event. This wasn't a pitch room or a demo night. Stripe invited founders and devs to their space for two presentations — one on fraud and card security, one on agentic commerce. Both hit harder than I expected.

    Read here ↓
  3. Field notes Feb 12, 2026 · 6 min read

    Entrepreneurs Roundtable #210 — 5 Pitches, 1 Investor Feedback Loop

    Different energy tonight. Five European startups were in NYC to pitch Anna Garcia (Altari Ventures), a fintech B2B-focused fund. This wasn't a demo night. This was a pitch room.

    Read here ↓
  4. Field notes Feb 11, 2026 · 5 min read

    Data Driven NYC (Ramp x FirstMark)

    Every demo last night pointed to the same thing: orchestration. Not "AI does tasks" — "AI runs systems."

    Read here ↓
  5. Field notes Feb 11, 2026 · 2 min read

    I'm in the AI Rooms. Here's What Actually Matters.

    Field notes from a founder building in AI.

    Read here ↓

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