18 pieces. Each one makes a claim I would defend, and links to the work behind it where there is work behind it.
2026
A README is a Set of Falsifiable Claims
Testing mine found a security command that never worked.
Measuring Quack: DuckDB's New Client-Server Protocol
Pushdown holds a bounded ~2x overhead and beats PostgreSQL on analytical aggregations; attach mode does not scale, and cannot join at all.
The Job That Wasn't
When you apply for a gig job in AI, you might be the product — not the candidate.
The Emotional P&L
Why we pay compounding interest on unexamined feelings.
Context is Empathy: The Cognitive Firewalls We Build Under Pressure
Why ignoring structural vulnerabilities in AI isn't ignorance — it's a survival mechanism.
Structure is Not Security: The Architecture of Shadow Profiling
How I became a node in a Knowledge Graph I never joined.
Inside ~/.claude/: Structure is Not Security
You've been using Claude Code. Did you know it keeps a complete record of everything it did on your machine?
The Blackboard and the Library
Why AI agents need both working memory and institutional memory.
2025
A Boxing Day 'Security Incident' (and why we need the Pedantic Medallion)
When the Universe sends you a broken box to prove a point about AI integrity.
The Blueberry Muffin Exploit
When metadata becomes malware: proving the need for cryptographic integrity in AI state.
DATA TRAP: LinkedIn Flipped the Love & Support Emotes
If your sentiment analysis model uses LinkedIn data, it is systematically misclassifying appreciation as empathy.
The Knowledge Architect's Playbook: The Colonoscopy Pipeline
A Medallion Architecture analogy hard to forget.
The Knowledge Architect's Playbook: The Pedantic Medallion
A manifesto for clarity in a world that rewards complexity.
The Knowledge Architect's Playbook: The Cost of Interruptions
The ROI of a single click.
The Pizza Logic You Didn't Know You Kneaded
A food-bite story on one of the most avoided SQL toppings: its 3-valued logic.
Stop Grouping by Everything
The SQL anti-pattern killing your query performance.
The Art of Seduction: AI Edition
Here I go again. Being seduced.
2024
Understanding Embeddings Through Temperature
Embeddings aren't just technical tools; they're maps of meaning.
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