NOTES FROM THE WORK
Thinking in public.
Field notes on AI, commerce, technology leadership, and getting useful work into the world.

TECHNOLOGY & RESILIENCE
The Digital Younger Dryas
A woolly mammoth, a changing digital environment, and six practical adaptations for businesses navigating shared technology risks.
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CYBERSECURITY & SYSTEMS
Cyberpolycrisis network map
A two-column infographic and sourced list of 26 cybersecurity topics, mapping shared credentials, AI tools, software delivery, certificate trust and recovery risks.
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CYBERSECURITY & RESILIENCE
The Cybersecurity Polycrisis
Eight case studies connecting cloud outages, AI security, software vulnerabilities, and digital trust—with a practical response plan for technology leaders.
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AI COMMERCE
Putting a Price on an Endpoint: x402 on FastAPI, in Detail
x402, FastAPI, and a staged approach to investment while demand is still emerging.
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AI COMMERCE
Status 402 Payment Required
What machine-to-machine payments mean for APIs, revenue, and technology leadership.
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APPLIED AI
Making an Ollama model release with Sky-T1-Flash for Cline
Configuring Sky-T1-Flash for Cline and learning the practical limits of local inference.
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MODERNIZATION
The Spike and the Steel Thread
A banking integration proof of concept, and what it revealed about scope and dependencies.
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GROWTH STRATEGY
Acquiring Growth With Counter-Cyclical Customer Success
Long-term modernization roadmaps and customer success through a market downturn.
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ECOMMERCE
Successful Ecommerce Projects
From requirements and catalog management to delivery, leadership, and sales metrics.
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PRODUCT DELIVERY
Agile and Waterfall: Myths and Realities
How daily Agile delivery fits within longer-term enterprise roadmaps.
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