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October 2026 · Spokane, WA

Building

  • fundamental-engine Active · v0.10.1

    Relational field engine and physics substrate behind this site. Multi-surface state and force simulation.

  • formal-project-bootstrap Active · Oct 5

    A formal operating substrate for bounded autonomous agent projects.

  • polymorphic-decision-protocol Active · Oct 5

    A procedure for making high-uncertainty decisions with panels of AI systems, where consensus is discounted by input provenance, model confidence is tested under controlled pressure, and the human owns the weights, the stakes, and the exit.

  • indesign-mcp-server Active · Sep 23

    MCP server that turns Adobe InDesign into an AI design automation platform — 135+ tools for layout, styles, export, and publishing workflows.

  • titan —

    Building a private household assistant (titan) and its apps.

Reading & thinking about

  • How contract-driven discipline from a physical line translates to software at platform scale.

  • The shape of AI interaction past the prompt box — interfaces that adapt around intent and trust.

Open questions

  • Whether the deepest rework tax sits in manufacturing, agent supervision, or transaction capture. I have a guess and no measurement.

  • Whether disclosure-bounded proof prices anywhere the disclosure isn't already regulated.

Open to

  • The right conversation about platform-scale product leadership.

  • Collaborators on creative-technology probes.

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Updated October 2026. Inspired by the /now movement.