Curiosities · Scheduled
Decoherence and Error Correction: The Big Challenges
Part 7 of the Quantum Computing series. The biggest headache in quantum computing, things keep going wrong. Decoherence, T1 and T2 times, the no-cloning rule, the surface code, and why error correction is the real path forward.
July 20, 2026
7 min read
Curiosities · Scheduled
A Friendly Recap of Everything We Have Learned
Part 6 of the Quantum Computing series. A relaxed walkthrough of everything covered so far, qubits, superposition, entanglement, gates, and algorithms, in a single connected picture.
July 13, 2026
6 min read
Curiosities · Scheduled
Quantum Algorithms: The Recipes That Make the Magic Happen
Part 5 of the Quantum Computing series. Quantum algorithms are the recipes that turn qubits, superposition, entanglement, and interference into useful work. From a one-gate random bit generator to Shor's algorithm and quantum chemistry, with classical comparisons and no math.
July 9, 2026
7 min read
Curiosities · Scheduled
Quantum Gates: Your Toolbox for Building Magic
Part 4 of the Quantum Computing series. The buttons and knobs that turn qubits into useful work. Hadamard, X, Z, Y, phase, rotation, CNOT, SWAP, CZ, and Toffoli, with examples and a tiny circuit you can read.
July 6, 2026
8 min read
Curiosities · Scheduled
Superposition and Entanglement: The Real Superpowers
Part 3 of the Quantum Computing series. The two weird quantum behaviors that make quantum computers special, and how they combine to give algorithms their advantage. Library searches, magic socks, and noise-canceling interference, with no heavy math.
June 29, 2026
7 min read
AI · Scheduled
Where the Value Accrues: Vertical Integration, Horizontal Orchestration, and the Real Architecture of AI
The AI industry is replaying the oldest pattern in computing. Vertical integration versus horizontal abstraction. Christensen's Law of Conservation of Attractive Profits explains where the real value will land.
June 25, 2026
14 min read
Curiosities · Scheduled
The Qubit Up Close
Part 2 of the Quantum Computing series. How qubits are actually built, how they are kept stable, how they are measured, and what operations we can do on them. Superconducting loops, trapped ions, photons, lasers, and the Bloch sphere, with no heavy math.
June 22, 2026
8 min read
Curiosities · Scheduled
The Absolute Basics: A Welcome Tour
The first post in the Quantum Computing series. What a quantum computer actually is, what a qubit is, what superposition and entanglement mean, and a first glimpse at quantum algorithms. No jargon without explanation, no scary equations.
June 15, 2026
7 min read
AI · Scheduled
Headless AI Is Here, and It's About to Change Everything
We all love chatting with AI in chat windows. The real revolution is happening behind the scenes. Salesforce just made it impossible to ignore. A reflection on headless LLM interactions and where this goes next.
May 27, 2026
5 min read
AI · Scheduled
Finding the Right Place for MCP: My JIRA Story and the Honest Trade-Off
I used to think every API needed an MCP server. JIRA taught me otherwise. A reflection on when MCP earns its keep, when direct tool calling wins, and how the multi-user auth story is finally maturing in 2026.
May 23, 2026
6 min read
Experiments · Scheduled
Kritique: A Multi-Persona Council for Business Writing
Most AI writing tools optimize for fluency. The harder problem is judgment. Kritique is a tool I built for myself that replaces single-model rewriting with a structured council, multiple personas critiquing an artifact from distinct lenses until the loop hits threshold convergence, with the dissent preserved.
May 19, 2026
13 min read
Quotes · Scheduled
If You Are All Going to Eat, Someone Has to Sell
A short line from a video my friend Steve sent. "If you are all going to eat, someone has to sell." A reflection on why sales is the oxygen of every business, and why I plan to make it a hiring requirement at my next venture.
May 17, 2026
5 min read
AI · Scheduled
The Limits of the Personal Engineering Org
The three-layer engineering stack works in most situations. The harder skill is knowing the situations where it does not. Six concrete failure modes where the right move is to switch the stack off and reach for something smaller.
May 16, 2026
6 min read
AI · Scheduled
Impeccable: The Design Skill That Made Claude Code My Most Valuable UI/UX Asset
Impeccable, by Paul Bakaus, is a Claude Code skill that gives the model the actual vocabulary designers use, then enforces it across 23 commands. After running it on dashboards, marketing sites, internal tools, and client work, it has become a permanent fixture in my stack.
May 14, 2026
7 min read
Personal · Scheduled
A World Before ChatGPT and the World After
Writing has become easy. Reading has become hard. A reflection on verbosity overload after ChatGPT, the tells of AI-generated text, and why putting your own voice first still matters.
May 12, 2026
4 min read
AI · Scheduled
The Personal Engineering Org: gstack, Superpowers, and Visual-Explainer
Three open-source tools, gstack, Superpowers, and Visual-Explainer, turn a single Claude Code terminal into a coordinated engineering team that thinks strategically, enforces process, and communicates visually.
May 10, 2026
9 min read
Experiments
Peptides 101: What My Athlete Sons Taught Me
My two sons play football and basketball, always dealing with injuries. They got curious about peptides for recovery and healing, so I started reading up too. Here's what I learned from them and my own exploration.
May 9, 2026
6 min read
AI
10 strategies I use to slash token usage without compromising quality and reliability
After months of building production-grade systems with Claude Code, here are the hard-won practices that have cut token consumption by 60-80% while improving output quality and reliability.
May 7, 2026
14 min read
Curiosities
My Nightly Deep Dive: From Black Holes and Hawking Radiation to Quantum Computers
For months I've been falling asleep to Brian Cox, Michio Kaku, Susskind, and the YouTube physics crowd. Black holes, Hawking radiation, the LHC, Planck time. Then a friend's startup pulled me into quantum computing, and the late-night curiosity became real homework.
May 6, 2026
8 min read
Experiments
Why 19pine.ai Actually Changed How I Handle Real-Life Drudgery
I test most new AI tools. Most disappoint. 19pine.ai was different, it's the first one that genuinely shifted how I spend my days, starting with a two-hour Comcast negotiation I never had to sit through.
May 5, 2026
8 min read
AI
My Personal AI Evaluation Framework: How I Size Up Every New Tool I Come Across
I've tested more AI products than I care to admit. Most disappoint. Here is the brutally practical eight-dimension framework I use to decide whether any tool is actually worth my time and money.
May 3, 2026
7 min read
Personal
Why Some Friendships Leave Me Tired
Some friendships leave you tired. The imbalance is quiet but constant, you give, they take, and over time you start to dread the messages. A reflection on the pattern, and the small ways I've started to push back without becoming someone I don't want to be.
May 2, 2026
5 min read
AI
The 5-Gate Rule: Never Ship AI Code Without Adversarial Review
AI coding assistants are fast. That's the problem. Speed without verification is how you ship shell injection, database corruption, and backwards alerts, all in the same session.
May 1, 2026
10 min read
AI
How I Dramatically Improve My Existing Applications Using Claude Code, gstack, and Superpowers
Most AI coding workflows assume you're starting from scratch. Here is the exact flow I use with gstack and Superpowers to safely improve production code I already have.
April 30, 2026
11 min read
Experiments
Splitting AI Models by Architectural Layer: When One Model Isn't Enough
Most teams pick one model and hardcode it everywhere. We did too, until we didn't. Here is how splitting by architectural layer changed our cost profile, latency, and reasoning quality.
April 29, 2026
9 min read
AI
Token Anxiety: How AI Rate Limits Hijacked My Brain
My entire day-to-day existence is now tethered to tokens. When they run out, I don't just lose productivity. I lose my damn mind.
April 26, 2026
7 min read
Personal
Society of the Snow: What a Rugby Team's 72 Days in Hell Taught Me About Real Teamwork
A rugby team survives 72 days in the Andes after a plane crash. What their story reveals about teamwork, resilience, and what it really takes to survive when everything falls apart.
April 26, 2026
8 min read
Personal
What I'm Reading in 2026
Twenty-seven books across seven areas I want to get sharper in: AI in medicine, AI and world change, the universe, quantum, peptides, business, and mindset.
April 2, 2026
13 min read
AI
How I Build Software with AI
A spec-driven workflow layering Claude Max, gstack, and Superpowers into a multi-model, multi-defense-layer engineering system that consistently ships clean, production-ready features.
March 25, 2026
9 min read
Quotes
Get Comfortable Being Uncomfortable
Growth lives on the other side of discomfort. Every single time.
February 6, 2026
5 min read
Quotes
Two Ways to Do It: Right or Again
There are only two ways to do anything: right the first time, or again.
January 30, 2026
4 min read
Quotes
Don't Ruffle Feathers Unless Necessary
Social friction is expensive. Being the person who always pushes back, always questions, always challenges, it comes at a cost. And the cost isn't always worth it.
January 16, 2026
5 min read
Quotes
We Miss 100% of the Shots We Don't Take
Niranta, 42, our life's answer. Writing about AI, quotes, experiments, and personal reflections.
December 26, 2025
5 min read
Quotes
Seek Forgiveness, Not Permission
There is a profound difference between asking for permission and asking for forgiveness.
December 19, 2025
4 min read
Quotes
Heart Strong, Mind Stronger
There's a hierarchy of strength that most people get wrong. They think it goes: physical > mental > emotional. As if toughness is a progression, and once you're mentally tough, emotional resilience follows naturally.
November 28, 2025
5 min read
Quotes
We Suffer More Often In Imagination Than In Reality
Niranta, 42, our life's answer. Writing about AI, quotes, experiments, and personal reflections.
November 21, 2025
5 min read
Quotes
The Main Thing Is To Keep The Main Thing The Main Thing
We live in an age of infinite distraction. Our attention is fragmented across a dozen devices, our time divided among competing priorities, our energy scattered in all directions at once. In this chaos, we lose sight of what matters most.
November 14, 2025
5 min read
Quotes
Inch by Inch Is a Cinch, Yard by Yard It's Hard
Niranta, 42, our life's answer. Writing about AI, quotes, experiments, and personal reflections.
November 7, 2025
5 min read
Quotes
Pain Is Weakness Leaving the Body
It's a phrase Marines say. Soldiers repeat it. Tough people live by it. And it's mostly misunderstood.
October 31, 2025
7 min read
Quotes
All Fart, No Shit
I hear this phrase sometimes from people who grew up in tough environments: "All fart, no shit."
October 24, 2025
5 min read
Quotes
Control Is a Myth
We spend our lives chasing an illusion: the idea that we can control our outcomes.
October 24, 2025
6 min read
Quotes
Not My Circus, Not My Monkey
There's a Polish proverb that carries more wisdom than most business books: "Not my circus, not my monkey."
October 24, 2025
5 min read
