AI
Working with AI, building with it, and thinking about where it goes.
I built the same tool two ways to settle an argument
Spec-first or goal-first? I didn't believe either side, so I built the same tool both ways with one spec and one model. Both worked. The bill didn't tie.
How to trust AI-written code you didn't read line by line
AI can write working code in minutes. The hard part is trusting it without reading every line. Here's what actually makes AI-built code trustworthy.
Everyone's selling autonomous AI agents. I built one, and the real lesson was 20 years old.
An AI agent spent an afternoon optimising one of my apps. It tried a change, measured it, kept the one that was genuinely faster, reverted three that weren...
I Ran Graphify. The Privacy Trap Is Real, Just Not the One Everyone Warned Me About
Six AIs told me Graphify uploads your code. I checked by running it, and the actual gotcha is smaller, quieter, and easy to miss.
The Three Options Trap: Why Claude Keeps Killing the Good Bit
Claude has a habit of collapsing an open conversation into three multiple-choice options, and once you see why it does it, you can stop it doing it to you.
I Almost Told You a Lie. Six AIs Handed It to Me, in Unison.
A field note from researching Graphify: the real privacy model, the honest token numbers, and why I check the source before I publish.
Building David, Not a Smaller Goliath
How a trading agent reveals the game retail can actually win — by playing where the funds can't or won't go, and learning to love the play.
BOS-AI had twelve XML files holding nothing
I checked the XML files BOS-AI used to store 'institutional memory' for thirty agents. Every tag was PLACEHOLDER_X. So I deleted all twelve.
Half of agent-11 was scaffolding the platform now provides
I shipped v6 of agent-11 last month. The biggest single change was deletion. The deployed CLAUDE.md went from roughly 250 lines to under 80. The MCP prof...
Now the Real Data Starts
Seven months of building bought me a system that finally tells the truth about itself. The data those seven months produced is mostly unreadable. The clock just started, and not a moment too soon.
The House Always Wins: Why Retail Crypto Trading Is About to Get a Lot Harder
Three forces are converging on retail crypto traders, and none of them favour the small player. The edge isn't intelligence anymore. It's owning the table.
The Compute Class Divide
AI providers are chasing enterprise contracts. Compute is finite. The solopreneur gets whatever's left.
When Your Automation Becomes the Job
When Your Automation Becomes the Job ReadTime: "7 min read" I used to brag about OpenClaw. I had agents running on a Mac Mini. Content. Social. Marketing. O...
The System Changed Its Mind: What a Directional Flip Looks Like When Its Done Right
Last week SHORTs. This week LONGs. No override. The system detected the regime change and flipped with it.
The Trade That Changed Everything: How One Filter Turned Our AI Trading System Around
The biggest improvement to our AI trading system was a four-line if statement that checks whether BTC is far enough from its moving average.
From Chaos to Command: How I Rebuilt My Mission Control to Actually Work
I run a portfolio of AI-powered products as a solo founder. The problem? Until today, I had no real way to see what was happening across all of them.
Truth Is the Currency of the Future
I'm betting my family's financial future on truth. Here's why I think you should too.
The One Variable That Matters: How Data Analysis Transformed Our Trading System
We analyzed 16 trades and found a binary outcome determined by one variable. Here's how we fixed it.
Weathering the Storm: How Trader-7 Survived 8 Regime Flips in 72 Hours
Over 72 hours, Bitcoin crossed its 50-day moving average 8 times. Here's how my AI trading system survived the worst possible market conditions.
The Smartest Developers I Know Left Their Brains at the Door
Even seasoned developers leave their brains at the door when AI agents impress them. The better the tool, the less we scrutinize it. Here's the pattern, why it's dangerous, and what to do about it.