When everyone can build, what do you actually own?
· 19 min read
The AI era will not reward founders who ship the most. It will reward the ones who build inside real buyer workflows.
Notes on building brands, products and companies.
· 19 min read
The AI era will not reward founders who ship the most. It will reward the ones who build inside real buyer workflows.
· 9 min read
Topics.md is a topic-scoped registry pattern for AI agents, helping one agent load the right context, memory, tools, and rules without creating unnecessary agent sprawl.
· 6 min read
AI influencers keep explaining things I already built. Not because they copied me, we're all using the same tools to solve the same problems.
· 8 min read
I built a platform engineer because I couldn't be arsed being one
· 9 min read
My dad had 2,311 WhatsApp customers and zero infrastructure. What looks like a weekend favour turns into the most honest builder challenge I've ever faced.
· 3 min read
After building a custom Next.js app to solve agent memory, I turned the pattern into an OpenClaw plugin. Here is how Hippocampus gives your agents a daily-synthesised briefing.
· 2 min read
Cosplaying as an AI engineer
· 15 min read
Most founders confuse complexity with strategy. If you can't explain it in 5 minutes, you don't have a strategy.. you have diddly-squat
· 9 min read
You can't sell your way to product-market fit. Find the overlooked segment that won't be polite. They're the ones who'll save you.
· 2 min read
CorePlan closes a $4M funding round led by EVP to scale drill program software globally. A short note on what the raise means and what comes next.
· 8 min read
A 4-step readiness path for mineral exploration: digitisation, digitalisation, data-driven operations, and AI-driven operations. How to prepare drilling data for AI without rebuilding from scratch.
· 8 min read
For early-stage B2B SaaS founders under $200k ARR, success isn't about copying big-tech playbooks, but replacing a frantic "task list" with a focused, founder-led strategy
· 10 min read
A collaboration tech stack for mining built on five layers — communications, content, productivity, insights, and community — that connects geologists, drill contractors, and exploration managers in real time.
· 12 min read
Manual drill programs cost exploration companies in rig utilisation, cost per meter, and core loss. How digitising drill program metrics unlocks up to 20% cost savings and a more reliable resource model.
· 8 min read
Paper plods are becoming fossils. Choosing the right drill contractor now means picking one with digital-forward thinking.
· 2 min read
After 3 months of listening to founders, I saw the same pattern everywhere. So I'm launching a GTM advisory for B2B SaaS founders. Here's what I'm building.
· 4 min read
Advisory Call Notes #01: Why I’m bullish on Talvin.ai
· 2 min read
I shed 99% of my belongings when I left Perth. Some of those belongings were tears. Here's what nobody tells you about the cost of building.
· 3 min read
I shed 99% of my belongings and disappeared for 3 months. Turns out 'doing nothing' lasted 72 hours. Here's where I've been and what's next.
· 3 min read
That's what was going through my mind when looking at mining software in 2020. Same clunky systems as 2000. Geos drowning in spreadsheets instead of doing geology.