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  1. 2Article · Oct 21, 2026 · 19 min read

    Lookalike (Article, on Medium) (opens in a new tab)

    A healthcare AI parable about what spreads after the system gets it wrong.

    What if everything is green?
  2. 3Article · Oct 17, 2026 · 17 min read

    The Hard Block (Article, on Medium) (opens in a new tab)

    A banking AI parable about a boundary that worked exactly as designed.

    What if everything is green?
  3. 4Article · Sep 26, 2026 · 9 min read

    Delete the Screen (Article, on Medium) (opens in a new tab)

    If you can’t rebuild the interface, you probably haven’t modernized the enterprise.

    What survives the screen?
  4. 5Article · Sep 21, 2026 · 16 min read

    Code Is Cheap. Confidence Isn’t. (Article, on Medium) (opens in a new tab)

    Why AI-native engineering changes what we test, what we preserve, and what software is worth owning.

    Start hereWho checks the work?
  5. 6Article · Sep 15, 2026 · 13 min read

    How Many Releases Have You Shipped With No Data Changes? (Article, on Medium) (opens in a new tab)

    Every release leaves a wake. The application gets a pipeline. The data gets a meeting.

    Who checks the work?What survives the screen?
  6. 7Article · Sep 8, 2026 · 6 min read

    What’s the Frequency, Kenneth? (Article, on Medium) (opens in a new tab)

    The rush of having an answer.

    How far does reality travel?
  7. 8Article · Sep 2, 2026 · 9 min read

    People Who Go Barefoot Have Cleaner Floors (Article, on Medium) (opens in a new tab)

    Why the cleanest diagrams often hide the dirtiest operations.

    How far does reality travel?
  8. 9Article · Jul 27, 2026 · 11 min read

    The Code After the Prose (Article, on Medium) (opens in a new tab)

    When principles become runtime behavior.

    Who checks the work?
  9. 10Article · Jul 3, 2026 · 3 min read

    The Last Engineer to Open the IDE (Article, on Medium) (opens in a new tab)

    The work before the work, and what watching engineers taught me about AI-native software development.

    Start hereHow far does reality travel?
  10. 11InteractiveBit · bits.wickedagile.com

    The Work: the one-shift factory (Bit, on bits.wickedagile.com) (opens in a new tab)

    Job in. Crew out. A playable scrolling factory where you can scan jobs, wake temporary AI workers, trip the production line, and teach the next shift.

    Start here

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