2026-05-16 / 7 min
intentfile and agent task contracts
A tiny open format for making agent work less vague: objective, permissions, acceptance criteria, and proof-of-done.
Agents / Developer Tools / Spec Design
build notes
journal.
product essays and technical notes from the projects i keep shipping.
2026-05-15 / 8 min
Mandate Protocol and agent-to-agent authorization
A draft protocol for giving autonomous agents narrow, auditable authority without leaking private user intent.
Agents / Authorization / Protocol Design
2026-02-12 / 7 min
PDFSpacer and the value of boring tools
A small PDF utility became a useful reminder that student workflows are full of invisible friction.
Product / PDFs / Student Tools
2026-01-30 / 8 min
SharePen and writing tools that do not take over
Notes from building an AI writing product where the hard part is preserving the writer's intent.
AI / Writing / Product
2026-01-18 / 9 min
Nova Home Assistant, from hackathon demo to physical interface
What changed when an AI assistant had to live in hardware instead of a browser tab.
AI / Hardware / Hackathon
2025-12-21 / 7 min
Building developer tools for Cursor
How two small extensions clarified what developers actually want from prompt automation.
Developer Tools / Cursor / Extensions
2025-11-15 / 8 min
Cache Atlas and research as a product surface
Turning LLM caching experiments into something readable, testable, and shareable.
Research / LLMs / Hugging Face
2025-10-26 / 8 min
OCT Copilot Lab and medical AI caution
What an OCT scan LLM experiment taught me about boundaries, uncertainty, and interface language.
Research / Medical AI / LLMs
2025-09-19 / 7 min
Prediction market API and normalizing messy sources
Building one schema across Polymarket, Kalshi, and Manifold exposed the hidden work in data products.
Data Engineering / Markets / AI Agents
2025-08-08 / 8 min
TrendFlip AI and turning signals into decisions
The collectible resale project that connected sentiment analysis, market timing, and real revenue.
AI / Markets / Entrepreneurship
2025-07-11 / 7 min
Briefly and the problem of keeping up
A creator newsletter tool taught me that summarization is mostly about deciding what deserves attention.
AI / Creators / Summarization
2025-06-02 / 8 min
AURA and building AI for sensitive student needs
The mental health chatbot that won a science fair also taught me where AI products must be careful.
AI / Mental Health / Students
2025-05-17 / 8 min
1000dates and designing AI around social risk
Dating software is a reminder that AI product design has to account for vulnerability, not only matching logic.
AI / Social Products / UX