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. From agentic development to commercial engines.
· 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.