
Speed Is Not Value, But It Still Matters
When I was on the Gold Coast for AREC, I shipped a pull request and released it from my phone while sitting on the G. I was, of course, using an AI coding agent to help me get there.
Thinking in public
Notes on how AI changes operating models, why APIs become business capabilities, and what helps product and engineering organisations move faster.

When I was on the Gold Coast for AREC, I shipped a pull request and released it from my phone while sitting on the G. I was, of course, using an AI coding agent to help me get there.

When generative AI and the frontier LLMs started to become practical, I pushed every team in my portfolio to build an AI feature. I wasn't stressed about what they were building, but I pushed hard to get them all to build something. This wasn't because I thought adding on an AI feature would change the business or even make us money. In fact, we never charged customers for any of them as an added feature. I did this for the sole purpose of forcing people to engage with this new technology.

If you thought coding was just about clean architecture and efficient logic, vibecoding would like a word (preferably in monospace font, glowing in soft lavender neon, backed by a lo-fi beat). What started as an aesthetic subculture blending programming with mood, visuals, and audio has morphed into something weirder, richer, and more creative.