Field Notes

Notes from inside the systems.

What I learned building things that had to keep running — markets, agents, and the parts of engineering that don’t fit in a README.

Plates I – IV

Index of Plates

  1. IV

    AI & Healthcare

    How AI Is Making Healthcare Faster, Smarter, and Less Wasteful

    Healthcare systems are slow, overloaded, and expensive — not because the people inside them are incompetent, but because the processes were never designed to scale. AI is changing that.

    31 MAY 20267 Min Read

  2. III

    Engineering

    Systems Thinking: The Mental Model Every Engineer Needs

    The engineers who build the most reliable systems aren't necessarily the best coders. They're the ones who think in feedback loops, failure modes, and emergent behavior — before writing a line.

    18 APRIL 20253 Min Read

  3. II

    Algorithmic Trading

    Statistical Arbitrage in Crypto: What the Backtests Don't Show

    Backtests on crypto arb strategies look beautiful. Live execution is a different discipline entirely. Here's what the P&L curves hide and how to close the gap.

    2 APRIL 20252 Min Read

  4. I

    AI Systems

    Building Autonomous AI Agents That Actually Work

    Most AI agent demos collapse in production. Here's what separates toy agents from systems that operate reliably at scale — and the architectural decisions that matter.

    15 MARCH 20252 Min Read