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Thoughts and ideas

Notes on technology, leadership, building products, and running businesses.

20 January 2026

Make decisions quickly. Fail quickly. Learn permanently

Delay often carries more risk than action. Problems do not stay still while you think about them.

19 January 2026

Seniority is solving a five hour problem in five minutes

Speed at senior levels rarely comes from talent. It comes from having already failed at the problem once before.

16 January 2026

Security problems are usually process problems

You can harden systems all you like. If the process doesn't match how people actually work, security will be bypassed.

15 January 2026

AI won't be one tool. It will be many

Every major technology shift follows the same pattern. It starts general, then specialisation wins. AI will be no different.

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