Essay April 14, 2026
Designing Domain-Specific Agents
What makes an agent actually useful: a real workflow, a clear job, explicit boundaries, and behavior grounded in domain constraints rather than generic demos.
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Essay April 14, 2026
From Emotion Recognition to Resonance
Why adaptive systems should not be judged only by whether they detect emotion correctly, but by whether their behavior feels coherent, fitting, and experientially right to the person using them.
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Research Overview: Adaptive Systems, Personality, and Experiential Fit
An overview of my current research program: why recognition accuracy is not enough for adaptive systems, what experiential fit means, and how personality and governance shape better system behavior.
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The Prince on Foot: Why I Stopped Selling My Time and Started Selling Outcomes
For years, I operated with a nagging feeling—a sense of being a "prince on foot"; possessing high-value skills but walking the path of a commodity. I was caught in the contractor's trap, selling my time instead of the outcomes I create. This model has a hidden, corrosive effect: it makes your most valuable asset—your strategic expertise—invisible.
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The Right Tool for the Job: Why Your Tech Stack is a Business Decision
Beyond benchmarks and hype, the choice of a web framework is a strategic business decision. A look at choosing the right tool for the right outcome.
Read → Essay January 15, 2025
Architecting Scalable Platforms: Lessons from 10+ Years of Building Mission-Critical Systems
Deep dive into the architectural patterns and design principles that enable platforms to scale from startup to enterprise while maintaining reliability and performance.
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