Writing
AI systems, engineering practice, and the questions that stay with me.
2026
3 essaysRunning an Internal Forward-Deployed Engineering PracticeA practical system for governing FDE engagements, evidence, releases, incidents, capacity, ownership, value, and the practice itself.11 Sept · 47 minSetting Up an Internal Forward-Deployed Engineering PracticeHow I would establish an internal AI FDE practice that can finish valuable workflows and leave them with an owner.10 Sept · 34 minWhat Forward-Deployed Engineering DoesWhy a shared AI platform still needs engineers who can turn its capabilities into owned business workflows.10 Sept · 9 min
2025
2 essaysAI Agents Have a Compliance ProblemGoogle's A2A protocol lets agents from different vendors find each other and pass work along. In a bank, some of the walls it crosses are there by law. What a compliance layer has to add before you can use it.04 Nov · 16 minManaging Tokens and Context Windows for Large Language ModelsWhy answers from a language model get cut off mid-sentence, and how to budget what you send and what you ask for so they don't.09 Sept · 17 min