Essays

Humans in the middle.

Agents do the work at machine speed; people decide what the work should be. What Shoti is, why the two default shapes fail, and why the person belongs in the middle.

Jul 18, 2026

The highest-level language.

Programming moved from assembly to English, on the writing side. What comes back is still machine-format text nobody has time to read. Why Shoti became a night city with a narrator.

Jul 7, 2026

When building became free.

For most of work’s history, coordination took care of itself. AI ended that. What broke, the shape of what might replace it, and what nobody has figured out yet.

Jun 23, 2026