AI judgment
The order of operations
Most AI adoption fails before the model is involved: the tool is chosen before the work is understood.
Insights
Notes on judgment, work and problem solving
Shorter pieces than a profession analysis. Method, verification, and the things that turned out to matter more than the tooling.
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Explore the notes
Practical observations on AI, verification, engineering and the work around them.
- AI judgment
- Verification
- Agents
- Manufacturing
- Problem solving
- Building in public
Verification
Verification is the job now
When generating an answer becomes cheap, knowing what to check becomes the scarce capability.
Building in public
What building this site taught me about AI agents
The useful part of agentic work is not autonomy. It is designing the boundaries, checks and feedback loops around it.
Building in public
Why I still want to understand the apps I build
AI can build faster than I can read. The question is whether I still understand the result well enough to change it.
Problem solving
AI belongs inside the improvement loop
Continuous improvement has a shape. AI can make several of its steps much faster without changing where the loop is headed.
AI judgment
Good AI training changes the work
The test of a session is not whether people enjoyed it. It is whether anybody solves a recurring task differently the following week.