Thinking

Notes

Working notes on growth, search, and building — one specific problem at a time.

2026Strategy

Accessibility breeds selectivity

A pattern I have been watching in how founders decide what is worth doing.

2026AI tooling

I ran a controlled test on an anti-AI-slop design tool

Two briefs, four pages, one control. The full method behind the Field Test piece on Hallmark — including the measurements and what I couldn't verify.

Coming soon
2026AI search

What ranking #1 in AI search actually took

Why the content system we built for Google became the source material LLMs cite — and what I'd measure first if I were starting today.

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2026SEO & organic growth

Foundations that compound

The content-system playbook behind two brands whose organic curves kept climbing years after the foundation was laid.

Coming soon
2026Build logs

OurSplit build log #1: shipping solo with AI

What broke, what shipped, and what running growth for a product I own is teaching me that client work never could.