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Staff writer + AI editorial leadI write, test, and build with AI, then report what works for me so others can decide what works for them.
Read my workEssays, apps, and agents—because words are magic.
I obsess over AI and work at Every, build small tools for writers and editors, and try to figure out how technology changes how work feels by sharing how it is changing how it feels to me.
Writing, testing, and building at the edge of AI and knowledge work.
I write, test, and build with AI, then report what works for me so others can decide what works for them.
Read my workAn AI writing system that helps writers develop ideas, draft, revise, and review in their own voice.
Longer, weirder, more confessional. The writing that does not fit anywhere else.
Read on SubstackHow AI tools provided the support I needed to end years of work turmoil.
On AI-fueled flow states, creative obsession, and remembering to eat dinner.
Turning a list of my writing foibles into a skill that stops me from getting away with them.
On AI, Magnifica Humanitas, and protecting the person the machine helped bring back.
It takes rigor, judgment, and willingness to be told your work isn't good enough.
On task crossover, the illusion of explanatory depth, and why just because you can doesn't mean you should.
Read on EveryBLUF—bottom line up front—checks whether the most important idea in a piece shows up where it best serves the reader. It compares what the opening promises with what the draft actually delivers, then recommends the smallest move that gets the point into the right place without bulldozing a good hook, scene, or joke.
Once I’ve stared at a draft long enough, I can’t tell what’s clear on the page and what only makes sense because I already know it. Reader gives Compound Writing a cold-read mode: it moves through the piece in order and flags where a first-time reader gets confused, loses trust, or stops.
Sol fits the way I actually work: I give lots of direction, change my mind, and revise as I go. It’s fast, resourceful, and easy to steer—everything you could possibly want in a daily driver model, honestly.
Read on EveryThere comes a day in the life of every writer-turned-builder when you think, “I should build a document editor.” Reader, my day has come. Wordbetter puts a writing coach beside the page, with the full Compound Writing system under the hood.
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