Essays

The Engineering & AI Systems territory. Long-form thought on AI-assisted development, agent mode, DevOps philosophy, and what changes when the human is three abstraction levels above the code. Some essays lean technical, some lean philosophical; they share the systems-engineering frame.

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What Is People of the Stars? A Non-Human Clock for Decision-Making
6 min

What Is People of the Stars? A Non-Human Clock for Decision-Making

People of the Stars (POTS) is a temporal intelligence framework that uses real astronomical data as a non-human clock for decision-making, with positioning logic borrowed from options trading. This is the explainer page for the framework and how it sits alongside decanal journaling.

AI-Assisted Development Is Not Vibe Coding
7 min

AI-Assisted Development Is Not Vibe Coding

"Vibe coding" means throwing prompts at a model and hoping it works. That is not what AI-assisted development is. The difference matters, and it is the difference between amateur hour and professional craft.

AI Development Revolution Part 4: Content Pipeline
5 min

AI Development Revolution Part 4: Content Pipeline

Turning years of handwriting and a tangled WordPress blog into something I could maintain, without letting the machine flatten the voice out of it. OCR for cursive, a WordPress to Astro migration, and where automation actually ends.

The Multithreaded Mind: Six Weeks Living at Machine Speed
11 min

The Multithreaded Mind: Six Weeks Living at Machine Speed

From copy-pasting LLM outputs to launching 13 repositories in six weeks: what happens when human creativity merges with machine intelligence? A philosophical exploration of time dilation, vibe coding, and the birth of augmented consciousness.