INSIGHTS FROM THE EDGE

Writing

Long-form notes on AI systems, engineering leadership, design systems, and building in public — written the way I think aloud, not the way a press release sounds.

BUILDING IN PUBLIC JUN 18, 2026 • 16 min

What My Side Projects Are Really About

ChillStep Radio, quantum chaos, synesthetic pianos, and a robots.txt for AI — the side projects I build when enterprise platforms go quiet and curiosity takes the wheel.

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ENGINEERING JUN 17, 2026 • 14 min

The Boring Go Layer Between Your RAG Demo and Production

RAG demos live in notebooks. Production RAG lives in ingestion pipelines — and I keep choosing Go for the unglamorous middle.

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ENGINEERING JUN 14, 2026 • 13 min

Validating Agent Outputs in Go Before They Touch Production

Structured outputs, schema validation, and the boring Go layer that keeps probabilistic agents from becoming probabilistic incidents.

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ENGINEERING JUN 10, 2026 • 12 min

Context Is the Kill Switch: Go, Cancellation, and LLM Timeouts

Why context.Context is the most underrated tool in production LLM orchestration — and what happens when you forget the kill switch.

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DESIGN SYSTEMS JUN 2, 2026 • 14 min

The Case for Sharp Design Systems in 2026

REDLINE is my design system — precise, confident, and built for clarity. Here's why sharp geometry and disciplined red feel more honest than another round of soft corners.

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AI & AGENTS MAY 18, 2026 • 18 min

Building Production-Grade AI Agents at Enterprise Scale

Lessons from deploying multi-agent systems integrated with real-time claims, membership, and payment pipelines while maintaining strict healthcare compliance.

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