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Long-form essays, short notes, and named threads.
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On Quantum Computing
The original quantum-computing thread, brought home from Medium. Topics span hardware (qubits, optical alternatives), applications (fraud detection, earthquake prediction, DNA computing as a foil), and a deepening interest in quantum complex networks.
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On AI use, well
A thread on what it takes to use AI as a tool without being made hollow by it. The vibe coder is the failure mode this thread keeps returning to: fluent in prompting, illiterate in building, fluent in shipping, unable to fix what shipped. The opening entry is the **AI Usage Constitution** — the personal contract under which all the author's projects are written. Future entries: case studies, postmortems, knowledge-debt logs, revisions to the Constitution as the standard moves.
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essay·2026-06-01·On AI use, well
The AI Usage Constitution
How I keep AI in its multiplier role and out of its replacement role. The personal contract under which I write code, do research, and use the tool that could either make me a senior builder or stop me from ever becoming one.
essay·2026-06-01
Europeans aren't rich!
note·2026-05-17
Why Cities?
essay·2024-10-09·On Quantum Computing
Benchmarking Quantum Computers vs Classical Computers
Is this even a fair comparison?
essay·2024-09-10·On Quantum Computing
Quantum Complex Networks — A Series
This article contains links to all of our articles on the topic of Quantum Complex Networks
essay·2024-09-09
Why Data Growth is Spiralling Out of Control
And what people are doing about it
essay·2024-08-25·On Quantum Computing
A Great Alternative to Qubits — Part 2
Learn more about the hardware behind CV Quantum States!
essay·2024-08-22·On Quantum Computing
A Great Alternative to Qubits — Part 1
Qubits aren’t the only way to represent quantum states!
essay·2024-02-07·On Quantum Computing
Earthquake Detection is Useless — How About Prediction Instead?
No snake oil here, I promise 🤞
note·2024-01-07·First takes
Robots for express-lane grocery delivery
note·2024-01-07·First takes
Prosthetic limbs for people of determination
note·2024-01-07·First takes
Shape-shifting liquid robots
note·2024-01-04·First takes
On reading too much
note·2024-01-02·First takes
Employers want your time, not your work
note·2023-12-29·First takes
Deprive yourself, then savour
note·2023-12-29·First takes
Control, or let go
note·2023-12-26·First takes
Aim higher than space
note·2023-12-25·First takes
Do crazy things, disappoint people
essay·2023-10-31·On Quantum Computing
DNA Computing — the Quantum Computing Killer?
Non-determinism + Parallel Computation — a worthy contender indeed.
essay·2023-10-06·On Quantum Computing
Fraud Detection Systems Suck — Here's a Solution Using Quantum Computing
Quantum computing can potentially revolutionize fraud detection systems — here’s how