Articles
Essays, research notes, and architecture memos.
Writing on AI-native engineering systems, governable autonomy, context architecture, and enterprise platform strategy.
Architecture - 2026-09-01 - 7 min read
Change-Intent Governance: The Missing Layer
IDPs govern what exists; agent gateways govern single tool calls. The layer between them — impact computed from immutable snapshots, decisions on an append-only ledger — is what AI-native delivery now requires.
Leadership - 2026-08-23 - 4 min read
I Said Closed Source Isn't a Moat. Here's What I Keep Closed Anyway.
The line between what to open-source and what to keep closed isn't about secrecy as a moat — build-time artifacts get more valuable by being public, while a runtime platform stays closed until switching-cost gravity, not hidden code, gives it real defensibility.
Leadership - 2026-08-17 - 3 min read
Closed Source Isn't a Moat. Here's the Filter I Actually Use.
Secrecy alone is a head start, not a moat; the real filter is whether an asset gets more or less valuable as the underlying model improves, which is what actually decides what's worth protecting.
Architecture - 2026-08-15 - 3 min read
The Agent Says It Only Touched One File. Here's How I Made That Provable.
Orvena turns an agent's claim that it stayed within a declared scope into something enforced at the OS level and independently verifiable, rather than something taken on the agent's own word.
Research - 2026-08-14 - 3 min read
Turning \"What Even Is a Legitimate Organization\" Into Something You Can Validate
Organizational design needs a checkable schema instead of a persuasive canvas, because only a schema forces designers to name, explicitly, who is legally accountable when an autonomous agent gets something wrong.
Leadership - 2026-08-13 - 3 min read
Why Code Is About to Get Cheap — and What Actually Becomes the Moat
As frontier models keep closing the cost gap on code generation itself, the layer that stays scarce is the judgment behind what to build and why, captured in a form someone else can check.
Research - 2026-07-11 - 7 min read
Accountable Generation: Intent as the Artifact of Record
As AI makes code cheap, the artifact worth versioning, auditing, and signing off is no longer the code — it is the intent that generated it.
Architecture - 2026-06-12 - 2 min read
Designing an Agent Runtime for Real Engineering Work
A practical framing for moving from tool-level AI assistance to governable AI-native engineering systems.
Research - 2026-05-28 - 1 min read
Context Engineering Is Architecture
Why context design should be treated as a first-class architectural concern in AI-assisted software delivery.
Leadership - 2026-04-18 - 1 min read
Governance-Driven Engineering for AI-Native Teams
A model for combining autonomy, review, policy, and evaluation in AI-assisted engineering organizations.