engineering
- The Buffer Is the First Thing Cut
The leanest supply chain is the one most likely to break, and the reason is baked into how we reward efficiency.
- The State That Never Stands Down
When extreme weather becomes ordinary, the hard public service is deciding what will no longer be rebuilt.
- The New Gold Rush in AI: Loop Engineering
The industry is discovering feedback loops as if they were new. They are the oldest engineered idea we have — and the track record says a loop is only as good as its anchor. Pick the wrong one and it won't fail to optimize; it will optimize hard, in the wrong direction.