Writing · essays on compounding systems
Notes from the workshop.
Short essays on the architecture of compounding automation — why systems break, what they need to keep improving, and how the Solar System framework reads an existing stack.
§ Index · 12 essays
01
Is ChatGPT HIPAA compliant for patient data?
Consumer ChatGPT cannot lawfully hold patient data. Here is what HIPAA requires of an AI vendor and the architecture that keeps PHI safe.
15 July 2026
3 min read
02
Should your business use an AI voice agent?
Where AI voice agents earn their place on inbound calls, where they fail, and how latency, accent and a clean handoff decide if customers trust the line.
15 July 2026
3 min read
03
What happens when your team pastes company data into ChatGPT
Staff pasting customer data into public AI tools is a measurable breach risk. IBM puts the shadow AI premium at 670,000 USD. Here is the governed fix.
15 July 2026
3 min read
04
Why most AI agent projects never reach production
Gartner expects over 40% of agentic AI projects cancelled by 2027. The four things that move an agent from demo to production, from a team that ships.
15 July 2026
4 min read
05
Why your cold emails go to spam after the 2024 Gmail and Yahoo rules
Gmail and Yahoo's 2024 rules put a 0.30% spam-complaint ceiling on bulk email. The sending infrastructure that keeps cold campaigns out of spam.
15 July 2026
3 min read
06
n8n vs Make vs Zapier, from someone who bills for all three
An honest comparison for ops-led SMBs. When n8n wins, when it loses, and why the 125% surge in n8n demand is only half the story.
14 July 2026
2 min read
07
What Claude Code delegation actually looks like in production
A practitioner's account of running agent workflows for ops-led SMBs, and why the 938% demand surge is about delegation, not autocomplete.
14 July 2026
2 min read
08
Why Most Automation Breaks in 90 Days — And the 6 Layers That Keep It Running
Why most automation projects break within 90 days. The 6 layers of compounding automation that most teams miss — and how to audit your stack to find the gaps.
12 June 2026
5 min read
09
What 938% growth in Claude Code demand actually means
Fiverr's Business Trends Index quotes me on the surge in Claude Code specialists. The number is real. The useful part is what sits underneath it.
10 June 2026
2 min read
10
Five symptoms your automation is missing a layer
A diagnostic. Every symptom you see in a broken automation stack points at a specific missing piece of architecture. Here's how to spot them.
15 April 2026
3 min read
11
Why most automation breaks in 90 days
Every automation project begins with a workflow and ends with a ghost. A diagnostic for the two layers almost everyone forgets to build.
2 April 2026
2 min read
12
The Solar System Architecture
A framework for building automation systems that compound. Six principles drawn from the same physics that keeps planets in orbit.
23 March 2026
3 min read