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Posts from this site and Substack, in chronological order.
2026 8
March 1
- Box Thinking: The AI Technique Nobody Is Actually Talking About13 Mar, 2026 Substack
Because knowing AI exists is useless.
February 3
- The Gut Feeling You’ve Been Ignoring: ADHD, IBS, and the Connection Nobody Warned Me About20 Feb, 2026 Substack
On learning that the thing wrecking your stomach might have nothing to do with what’s on your plate.
- The Tyranny of “Not My Scope”13 Feb, 2026 Substack
I’ve spent my entire career wrestling with the same fundamental tension: how do you balance the urgent need to move quickly with the professional responsibility to not create tomorrow’s train wreck?
- Why Your Clock and My Brain Don’t Speak the Same Language6 Feb, 2026 Substack
The ADHD experience of time — and three strategies that actually changed how I work
January 4
- Still Chasing Squirrels at 55: The Diagnosis That Explained Everything and Fixed Nothing30 Jan, 2026 Substack
On curiosity that won't quit, shame that won't dissolve, and the long road between understanding and forgiving yourself
- AI Broke the Security Model We Spent Decades Building23 Jan, 2026 Substack
Traditional cybersecurity wasn't designed for poisoned training data, invisible model manipulation, or hijacked prompts.
- From Doing to Directing: The Quiet Shift Nobody’s Talking About16 Jan, 2026 Substack
AI is changing what work means. Are you ready to become the conductor?
- From Curiosity to CodeFlow: What Happens When an Architect Finally Gets to Build9 Jan, 2026 Substack
The Build vs Buy equation has shifted. Here’s what I’ve learned by diving in.
2025 14
December 4
- Getting Sh*t Done - Autonomous Agent Coding26 Dec, 2025 Substack
CodeFlow: Unleashing Autonomous Agents to Get Shit Done.
- Build vs Buy is Dead – How AI is Rewriting the Rules19 Dec, 2025 Substack
A weekend, one person, and working software. The old debate doesn’t apply anymore.
- The Slow Wash: How AI is Quietly Absorbing You Into Someone Else’s Culture12 Dec, 2025 Substack
Why the real risk isn’t hallucinated facts – it’s hallucinated values
- Agentic AI: The Next Wave (With Big Bloody Caveats)5 Dec, 2025 Substack
Why 40% of these projects will fail, and how not to be one of them
November 3
- The Specification Revolution: Why Leaders Who Can Articulate Problems Will Own the Next Decade28 Nov, 2025 Substack
Spec-driven development isn’t just changing how we build software.
- Writing Isn’t Thinking: What Three Years of AI Has Actually Taught Us21 Nov, 2025 Substack
From Socrates to ChatGPT: Why we always fear the tools that level the playing field
- Eight Players, One Unit: What Rugby Scrums Teach Us About Leadership Teams7 Nov, 2025 Substack
Scrums, Asshats, and Specificity: What 30 Years in Leadership Taught Me About Teams That Work
October 5
- A Note from the Road31 Oct, 2025 Substack
Packing for a long overdue trip to Auckland for family and a bit of work.
- When Grief Meets Hyperfocus: Building Through the Unbuildable24 Oct, 2025 Substack
On Friday, I Learned My Mum Has Dementia. By 11:30pm, I’d Built a Working Prototype. Here’s What That Means.
- The Criminalisation of Curiosity: When Neurodivergent Thinking Threatens the Hierarchy17 Oct, 2025 Substack
How compliance culture punishes the questions everyone's thinking but won't say
- The Golden Thread: Why Every Technology Decision Should Start With Your Customer10 Oct, 2025 Substack
The second coffee of the day hit differently this morning.
- When Email #1 Equals Email #14: Why AI Agents Might Finally Solve ADHD’s Admin Hell3 Oct, 2025 Substack
The Object Impermanence Problem
September 2
- The AI Revolution Through ADHD Eyes: From Trapped Ideas to Digital Liberation26 Sep, 2025 Substack
How accessible AI finally gave my racing mind a voice after 30 years in technology
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