Writing
Occasional pieces on what I'm thinking about: AI, building, trades, the work of being a person.
August 19, 2026
On men’s loneliness, the conversations we don’t have, and the cost of waiting until it collapses.
July 1, 2026
People kept asking how a tradesman ended up building his own software with AI. The answer didn't fit in a DM, so I wrote the whole thing down. It's called Systems Are Systems.
June 15, 2026
People assume I left the trade for the classroom. I never really left, and this year I built a business quiet enough to prove it.
May 1, 2026
On a missed diagnosis, a body that finally gave out, and the case for not taking “normal” for an answer.
April 17, 2026
Why the future of HVAC training isn't choosing between hands-on craft and digital tools, but learning when each belongs.
April 16, 2026
On hobby code, AI as a collaborator, and the case for building things that solve exactly one problem.
March 15, 2026
The fear that automation means fewer roles gets the math backwards. Here's what usually happens instead.
February 15, 2026
On the operational context that lives in people's heads and why the businesses that ignore it get surprised.
January 15, 2026
Why speeding up the wrong part of a workflow makes everything worse, and what to fix first.