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On software engineering, product building, and agentic systems.
Project Release 10 min read · Apr 2026
Your AI agent doesn't need better prompts. It needs a governance layer.
I didn't set out to build a governance tool. I set out to understand why my AI agent kept ignoring rules I'd already written down.
Essay 6 min read · Mar 2026
9 Experiments on AI Agents and Architecture — Including What Failed
I ran 9 controlled experiments to measure how AI agents handle architecture. Same model, same task, one variable changed. I published every result — validated, partial, null.
Project Release 5 min read · Mar 2026
Why I built archway
I didn't set out to build an architecture tool. I set out to understand why AI agents keep making structural decisions without understanding the architecture.
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