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Short essays about systems that survive reality, payments, AI that ships, and why most "innovation" is just PR.

  • January 8, 2025

    Payments teaches you what software actually is

    Fraud, disputes, reconciliation—why 'it works' is never a stable state.

  • January 2, 2025

    If it needs heroics, it's broken

    The best systems reduce human heroics, not require them.

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