Nobody watches robot archery
An archer's job is to be a robot, yet nobody would watch a machine do it perfectly. The test for what to automate: does anyone value watching a human do it?
Writing
Thoughts on AI, transformation, leadership, and the craft of getting things done.
We can be human again
When machines take the machine-work, the human-made becomes the premium one. Why the most valuable work of the next decade will carry human fingerprints.
Card Stash: Building a Loyalty Card Wallet That Never Phones Home
How I built a local-first, encrypted loyalty card wallet for iOS and Android - barcode scanning, on-device OCR, payment card rejection, zero network calls.
It started with a muddy stick
How a hand-written scavenger hunt with a muddy stick became Peekabout, the iOS and Android app for parents who want their kids to look up.
Ideas Were Never the Bottleneck
When the technical translation barrier collapses, the talent pipeline widens. The organisations that notice first will compound an advantage.
The Disposable Masterpiece
Why everything I build with AI has an expiry date. The artefact is the vehicle; the understanding of your problem space is the asset that compounds.
The Coffee Link
A teenager downloading freeware in the 1990s wondered who clicked the PayPal coffee links. Twenty-odd years later, I built an app and put one in.
I Built My Family a Chief of Staff. It Runs on a Raspberry Pi.
A smart mirror that pulls from eight data sources and uses two AI models to surface what matters before you think to ask - for about 16p a day.
More Work, Fewer Doors: The Jevons Paradox Nobody Is Talking About
AI is growing total demand for software but shrinking the junior roles that train future seniors. That pipeline gap has a 5-7 year fuse - plan for it now.
The Creativity Paradox: Why the Expansion of AI Is an Argument for Your Work, Not Against It
Cheaper creative production has always expanded total demand. AI follows the same Jevons pattern - creators who invest in distinctive craft benefit most.
