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Engineer working across AI systems, software architecture, and the mathematical ideas that make both legible.

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Latest essay: Benchmarks Are Broken and We're All Pretending Otherwise published Mar 12, 2026.

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  1. AI 3 min read

    Benchmarks Are Broken and We're All Pretending Otherwise

    Every major lab ships a model, immediately publishes a chart where their model wins, and calls it progress. I'm done buying it.

  2. engineering 3 min read

    Types Are Not Optional: A Rant in Defence of Static Typing

    Strong static types aren't a preference — they're the difference between a system and a pile of guesses.

  3. mathematics 4 min read

    Math Is Not the Hard Part

    Most engineers who think they can't do math actually can. The real problem is staying with confusion long enough for understanding to form.