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I build AI systems and write about it.

Plain notes on tech and AI from someone who ships it in production, not in demos.

> CTO @ Acquisition.com
> Founder & Chairman @ Mavric
> Founder & CEO @ Apso
latest writing
2026.06.12
Why most "agents" are just prompts in a loop
The word lost its meaning. Here is the line I draw between a real agent and a fancy wrapper.
agents · architecture
2026.05.28
The real cost of a slow agent
Latency is not just a UX problem. It changes what people are willing to use the system for at all.
latency · cost
2026.05.09
What a CTO actually does in an AI-first company
Less code than you think. More judgment about what not to build.
leadership
recent tokdocs
2026.07.29
Why a 1999 Programming Book Is the Best Manual for the AI Age
2026.07.29
The Sink Was the Distraction. Elon Was Buying a Bank.
2026.07.29
The Anthropic Hackathon Winner Who Open-Sourced His Entire AI Coding Stack