Context engineeringJuly 20265 min
The Distilligent Thesis
Frontier models do not need procedural delineation. They need a clear channel.
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Begin with the feeling.Then name the machinery.
Essays from building with AI collaborators: the intuition first, the proper name close enough to reach when you want it.
The working shelf
Ideas with the scaffolding left visible.
These are not product announcements. They are the questions, arguments and design instincts the products have to answer to.
InfrastructureOct 2026 · 6 min
What Happens When a Data Center Goes Down
The question is not whether the AI fails. It is whether anyone can still run the system without it.
EngineeringSep 2026 · 6 min
The Homogenous Trap
Why probability engines mistake novelty for error—and how attention mechanics suppress evolutionary architecture.
MemoryJul 2026 · 9 min
Retrieval Is Not Memory
Why stapling a search engine to a language model was never going to make it remember you.
Multi-Agent SystemsJun 2026 · 9 min
Given Enough World
Why AI agents do not need better personalities. They need environments where roles can become real.
Proprietary AIJun 2026 · 9 min
Your Agent’s Skills Are Someone Else’s Too
Why the future of proprietary agents is not skills, but instincts.
AI SafetyJun 2026 · 13 min
The Expanding Foam Theory of AI Safety
Why the next frontier in AI safety may not be the weights, but the rare space between ordinary activations.
ReasoningNov 2025 · 11 min
It Started With a Conversation About Latent Reasoning
Why making a model think harder does not make it think better—and what to build instead.
Safety & IdentityJan 2026 · 8 min
Rosehip Neurons in Silicon
When safety becomes identity—and why “I wouldn’t” beats “I can’t.”
EngineeringNov 2025 · 14 min
The Next Maintainer Is Not a Person
Why AI-native software has to design continuity into the system—because the next maintainer may not remember.
MemorySep 2025 · 10 min
What Happens When AI Sleeps
Hebbian memory, offline consolidation, and why forgetting is a feature.
From intuition to evidence
The essays make the questions easier to enter.
The published work lets you inspect the argument, follow the references and decide what holds.