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Process & Practice

What actually happens when a standing process meets a real case - where it held, where it didn't, and what changed as a result.

Everything in Process & Practice

  • An architectural line drawing of a post-and-beam frame in perspective, its construction grids, guidelines and arcs drawn out of register so they miss the structure they were meant to lay out

    09/12/2026

    Write It Down, Then Check It Anyway

    A rule I'd written down was broken 370 times anyway. Two habits fixed it: make a computer check the rule, and check the backup before you rebuild.

  • Still life arrangement of broadcast tapes, floppy disks, CD-ROMs, and modern portable SSD beside a production notebook

    09/05/2026

    Will AI Make Specialists Unnecessary?

    Four technology waves each promised to make specialists unnecessary. Each made production cheap and left judgment where it was. What that says about AI.