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Craft
The Workbench Ritual: Passing the Torch to a New Helmet
A reflection on objects, rituals, and the practical meaning that gets transferred when tools move from one season of life to the next.
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Systems
From Grandfather Clocks to Endurance Race Cars: How I Learned to Reverse-Engineer Success
A maker’s view of business systems: diagnose the mechanism, understand the constraint, and rebuild for the conditions where performance actually matters.
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AI
Reflecting on Authenticity and the Growing Backlash Against AI Slop
A note on where AI helps, where it erodes trust, and why practical adoption still depends on taste, standards, and human judgment.
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Craft
The Bunyard Chair in the Bunyard House
A personal story about place, making, and why durable work often carries more meaning than the object itself.
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Leadership
The Importance of Adventure, Tenacity, and Appreciation
A short reflection on the traits that make teams resilient when work gets complicated, uncomfortable, or worth doing well.
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Large Fraction
Notes From the Builder-Operator
A starting point for future essays on operations, AI adoption, technical translation, and the systems that help growth stop feeling heroic.
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