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Writing
How the systems actually behave — including where they fail and what that taught me. One error analysis and eight case studies.
What the machine got wrong
How I hunt failure modes in a production AI pipeline — 300+ automated tests, 40+ named failure gates, and what the machine got wrong.
14 Aug 2026·15 min read
Case studyEvent Photography 101 iOS App
Expert event-photography knowledge, packaged into a shipped iOS learning product.
7 min read
Case studyAutomated CRM
A manual photography enquiry workflow, rebuilt as an AI-assisted CRM that classifies leads, routes work and prepares outreach.
7 min read
Case studyAI Carousel Post Maker
Turns an idea into a structured, designed carousel with far less manual production.
6 min read
Case studyAI Short-Form Video Editing Workflow
Turning long-form video into structured short clips using edit decision data and automation.
7 min read
Case studyWhiteboard Copilot
A copilot that turns messy whiteboard thinking into structured, usable next steps.
6 min read
Case studyRapid AI Website Production
From business brief to polished, deployed websites — with human control over brand and quality.
7 min read
Case studySqueeze — smaller RAW files, still editable
A native Mac app and Rust encoder. 62–95% smaller in tests across five camera brands, with originals left untouched.
Pre-launch·3 min read
Case studyAnnotastic — draw, explain, export a lesson
An Apple Pencil app and free Mac companion with shared Swift rendering. Preview/export parity measured on three lessons in a Mac harness.
Pre-launch·3 min read