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At the intersection of machine intelligence, human judgment, evidence, and power.

Writing, research, and interactive work across AI, intelligence work, OSINT, quantum, and geopolitics.

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Claude Code setup

How to run multiple Claude Code accounts on one Mac

My Mac setup for separate Claude Code logins, shared rules and tools, named launch commands, and attaching to the current coordinator.

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AI engineering

Building apps with an autonomous Gauntlet Loop

I adapted Matt Shumer's Gauntlet Loop into a recurring app-building workflow with Git state, task branches, separate critics, and human review before production.

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AI systems

Has AI started improving itself?

AI systems can improve outputs, tools, and parts of their own training loops. I wanted to know when that becomes recursive self-improvement, and whether any public system has crossed the line.

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Developer experience

Can faster AI inference give developers their flow back?

Faster inference can remove one kind of waiting. Whether it protects developer flow depends on where the work, uncertainty, and review move next.

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Long-form analysis

What Europe's AI gigafactory plan can and cannot buy

Europe's €30 billion gigafactory tender can fund useful compute. Its scale, energy, demand, and control constraints show what a sovereign AI strategy still requires.

Across the topics

Recent work from every field – essays, research, data work, investigations, and fact-checks.