a research zine
Evidence-backed essays on the incentives, trust, coordination, and culture behind effective teams — with interactive diagrams you can poke, songs you can hum, and every empirical claim linked to its evidence.
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Issue 117 min read
A company usually notices AI slop after the first wave of productivity looks successful. That first wave is not fake. It often contains real leverage: drafts appear sooner, blank pages disappear, teams explore more options, and people who were blocked by format or fluency get a better starting point.
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A research-backed systems essay on AI slop, slop cannons, and how healthy AI workflows help judgment scale with generation.
14 min read
A control-theoretic guide to engineering leadership, showing how tuned feedback, autonomy, and clear interfaces help teams turn friction into learning.