The Lab
2026 — · building in public, mastering the system not the task. In progress.
About the Lab
Why a one-human, agent-augmented studio names itself for a broken branch — the place the rings finally show. Proof discipline, honest nulls, and the one thing no afternoon of fixes can manufacture. →
Portfolio in a Box
The argument for a portfolio site that sounds like a person, plus the actual box: a forkable starter with the voice baked in and the identity swappable. Taste as a starting point, not a cage. →
Learning to Ship
Oct 2025 – Mar 2026 · the gap year, counted out loud — a senior PM learning to build, in public.
Growth Rings — 10 Months of Job Searching
203 applications, 76 rejections, 34 ghosts, 2,710 commits, 6 live products. A data-driven cross-section of ten months in the 2025–26 market — the funnel, the ghosts, and the parallel build sprint that changed the trajectory. →
The Productive Compute Framework
Self-sustaining AI infrastructure for global public good: converting idle compute into verified outcomes through outcome-based funding. Whitepaper, draft v2.0. →
If You Can Read a Recipe, You Can Now Be a Developer
The $1K Experiment, Part 2: what happens when the framework compounds. 5.5 hours to a working MVP; 2,031 lines became 106,000. Shipping is addictive — here's the warning label. →
The $1K Claude Code Credit: What Happens When a PM Learns to Ship
Could a senior PM with product clarity but no coding background actually build and ship real software? 31 days, 215 commits, 38K lines of TypeScript, and the 64/33/3 collaboration model that made it work. →
The 90-Day Death Spiral: Why 95% of AI Projects Fail
Only ~5% of AI pilots deliver measurable impact. The early-warning system hiding in your support tickets — and the metrics that predict failure before day 90. →
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