The founder faculty: origination as the human's answerable front end
The judgement that decides what deserves to be built — where it comes from, whether it transfers, and what happens to it when the model can propose too.
Observations from my own building and mentorship, curated work by others, and — in time — guest voices. Published when ready, not on a schedule, and held to the same standing commitment as Data.
Essays from my own building and mentorship (confidentiality preserved), plus curated work by others worth pointing to.
Pieces appear when they're worth reading, not when an editorial calendar says so.
Filter the feed to whichever dimension is pressing for you — across the builder, the craft, and the conditions.
Research moves at the speed of thought; Data moves at the speed of evidence.
The judgement that decides what deserves to be built — where it comes from, whether it transfers, and what happens to it when the model can propose too.
What the literature on skill decay and transfer actually predicts for a builder who hands the middle of the work to agents — and what it doesn't.
Turning a working harness into a measurement instrument without corrupting either — what a self-study can honestly claim, and where it has to defer.
Agents absorb the middle of the work; review is what's left. How much honest review one builder can actually hold, and what happens past that line.
No move sheds risk — it relocates it. A lens for reading vendor exits, insourcing decisions, and platform bets across the six situations.
The profile of how one builder actually works under AI-native conditions — the wiring the rest of the inquiry reads through, published so it can be argued with.
Metrics will be locked with a PhD collaborator (engagement pending) before they can be gamed, and before any of them go public. Methodology changes are versioned and visible. The same commitment appears in full on Data — both sides of the inquiry stand behind it.
If the engagement is your way in → Mentorship.
New Resources, Research, Data readings, and Playbook editions — this list is the only announcement I send.