Thoughts on AI, engineering, and building
Practical writing on AI agents, automation, and the engineering behind them, for the people who run the business.
Agentsexplainer
A plain-English primer on physical AI: how it differs from conventional industrial automation, what the new robot models do, and what to ask before piloting.
· 3 min read
Agentsexplainer
An agent has three kinds of memory: the context window, saved session state, and long-term memory. Here is how they differ, what they cost and what to govern.
· 3 min read
Agentsnews-analysis
OpenAI's GPT-5.3-Codex scored 64.7% on OSWorld-Verified, up from 38.2%. What the number means for browser and desktop agents, and what it leaves out.
· 3 min read
Agentsexplainer
A plain-English guide to designing human oversight into AI workflows, with a checklist of what reviewers need and this week's desktop agent launches.
· 3 min read
Agentsexplainer
Three terms get used interchangeably. Here is what separates a script, a chatbot and an AI agent, and how to pick the simplest one that works.
· 4 min read