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Notes from where product design, engineering, and AI meet: decisions, systems, prototypes, and the work of shipping.

Seven Radical Directions: When You Refuse the First Answer, AI Starts Designing

People love saying AI produces bland, same-ey design. They are right about the first answer. They are wrong about everything after it.

May 19, 2026Read

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Why Your X Reach Changes: A Plain-English Guide To The For You Feed

X published code for a recommendation system shaped like the one behind the For You feed. Here is what it seems to reward, what it removes, and why legitimate creators can suddenly lose reach, without a single line of code.

May 11, 2026Read

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Seven Radical Directions: When You Refuse the First Answer, AI Starts Designing

Why Your X Reach Changes: A Plain-English Guide To The For You Feed