Writing
Books, and the notes worth keeping.
Books
- Mastery is Dead: The Quiet Collapse of ExpertiseNonfiction · Out now · 2026
A field manual for the collapse of expertise: how AI is restructuring twenty-five white-collar careers, what survives, what doesn't, and what to do if you work in one. 618 pages, paperback.
- The TenNovel · In progress
A science-fiction novel, in progress. Leave an email and hear about it when it is ready, and nothing else.
Essays
- What the builds taught me about models2026 · 3 min read
Six things I now believe about building with language models, each one learned by shipping something on this site and watching it fail first.
- Sixteen days in Whitehead City2026 · 4 min read
What happened when I pointed an agent at my own portfolio and asked for a game: eight directions, thirty-six commits, one playable city, and the reasons I shelved it.
- Do I still care about this?2025 · 3 min read
How I used my product design skills to build something weird, honest, and fully mine — and in the process, reconnected with why I started designing in the first place.