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Field notes
Essays on AI systems, robotics, labor, and the strange new leverage of tiny teams.
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May 28, 2026
Reward went up and I felt worse
A Cassie training run hit a new high at 3am. I should have been happy. I went for a walk instead.
- ai
- reinforcement learning
- personal
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Apr 2, 2026
The hourglass economy
AI is pushing work toward two ends: giant companies with tiny elite teams, and tiny companies with two people plus a swarm of agents.
- ai
- economics
- society
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Mar 18, 2026
The plumber was right
My landlord called a plumber on a Tuesday. I was debugging a memory allocator. Guess who felt safer about the next decade.
- ai
- work
- personal
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