Writing.

Better work, fewer workarounds.

A report rebuilt by hand. A follow-up someone has to remember. I write about how those small demands shape a business, what software can and can’t help with, and how to make the work better for the people doing it.

2026

  1. Just build it twice

    AI didn't make me faster. It made me willing to throw away a draft I would have died defending.

    8 min read
  2. Your AI wrote a bug

    52 bug-fix loops in 6 months, and why the '10x developer' narrative is missing the point

    8 min read
  3. The tools that build the tools

    The productivity gains from AI coding tools are real. The hidden overhead is also real. Here's what happens when you try to fix it.

    7 min read
  4. Six months of talking to a machine

    What 4,000 prompts taught me about the thing I was actually learning

    7 min read

2024

  1. The other side of empathy

    The costs we sweep under the rug while we grin and bear the emotional labor of being an organization's nervous system

    10 min read
  2. Your metrics are bullshit

    Breaking the doom cycle of support metrics with service level thinking

    16 min read
  3. Yetto values: Joy Matters

    The central, animating philosophy of Yetto and what it means in practice

    4 min read

2023

  1. Data is a curse

    Why looking at support data in isolation leads you astray

    7 min read
  2. You're already doing all hands support

    Why your company is already doing all hands support — just badly

    9 min read
  3. Stop giving me take homes

    A support professional's case against take-home assignments in hiring

    10 min read