Writing & Notes

Thinking in public.

Essays, observations, and conversations about technology, people, systems, and value.

0112 June 2026 · AI / Memory / ContextForgetting is a design choiceWhy useful memory, human or artificial, depends less on perfect recall than on deliberate selection, compression, and forgetting.023 November 2025 · Cloud / Resilience / ArchitectureThe Failed Shared Responsibility ModelA control-plane failure exposed the boundary between the resilience customers are told to design and the dependencies they cannot control.032 August 2025 · AI / People / JudgmentTo Really Understand AI, You Need to Understand HumansAI reflects human traces rather than human experience. Its value depends on pairing pattern-making machines with judgment, intent, and meaning.044 May 2025 · Advisory / Trust / LeadershipTrust Is the Consultant’s Real CurrencyTools, frameworks, and credentials matter less than the trust that allows difficult advice to be heard and acted upon.

Elsewhere

Selected conversations & external writing.

Conversation · 2025Evolving Event-driven Architecture to AI-driven ArchitectureRedpanda Streamfest ↗Podcast · 2025Building Trust Across CloudsBrains Byte Back ↗Article · 2022Cloud-First Is a Distraction: Focus on Business Outcomes FirstCIO Influence ↗