Artificial intelligence should give people superpowers.
Our future isn’t predetermined. We shouldn’t assume that we’ll find ourselves in either a dystopia of joblessness or a utopia of meaningless leisure.
We can use artificial intelligence to increase human creativity, build better institutions, and improve the lives we lead. To do that, we can’t just leave things to chance. We need to build the tools, norms, and systems that help people flourish.
One question on my mind: What can a personal website be in the age of AI?
On technology
- What is a personal website in the age of AI?
Personal websites have moved from homesteads, to publications, to social-profile pointers. AI changes the reader again: assistants need durable identity, provenance, citation, context, and clear surfaces they can understand without hallucinating a platform-shaped version of you.
- Hello, Webflow
After a six-month sabbatical, this short announcement marks the next chapter: joining Webflow as SVP of Platform Engineering, with renewed energy for the web, developer tools, infrastructure, and the product’s potential.
- Beyond disagree and commit
Disagree and commit can create compliance without understanding. This essay offers a curiosity-first model for disagreement: assume someone is wrong, maybe both people are, and use the tension to find better answers.
- Summer funemployment
After leaving Shopify, I spent the summer with family and reflecting on the next decade and found unexpected inspiration in Linkin Park’s reformation story centering on creative collaboration.
On photography
- Scotland in October
Street photography in Glasgow with Rick Lepage and Hudson Henry, then north through Inverness and Ullapool to a quiet white house on the Isle of Harris — a week of making pictures, talking photography, comparing cameras over whiskey, and the coffee caravan we kept missing.
- Sony RX1R III vs Leica Q3
The Sony RX1R III and Leica Q3 both promise full-frame image quality in a compact camera you can take almost anywhere. After using them side by side in Scotland, the choice came down to portability, lens quality, handling, and which camera made me want to keep shooting.
- Oakland City Hall at sunrise
A short photography and architecture note about Oakland’s 1914 Beaux-Arts City Hall at sunrise, captured while jet-lagged with the Sony RX1R III and its familiar 35mm lens.
- Serifos Chora
A short travel and photography note about Serifos, a quieter Cycladic island reached by boat, with beach days, evenings up in the Chora, and a plea to keep the mellow vibe intact.