Still Alive
In case anyone was wondering, I’m still around. Just busy with life, work, home, and all that normal stuff. More to come. -R
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AI Isn’t Just a Tech Shift—It’s Late-Stage Capitalism Speedrunning Its Oldest Failure Modes
One of the strangest rituals of the current AI moment is how hard the industry tries to insist that everything is new. That this is a clean break from history,…
The Axiom That Explains Modern Republican Policy
— and Why “AI Everything” Fits the Same Pattern If you want to understand the through-line in modern Republican policy, you don’t need a think tank or a 600-page strategy…
NoKings and Fracturing MAGA
Something’s shifting. You can feel it in the tone of the ex-Tea Party leaders now warning that their own movement has gone off the rails. You can see it in…
The Hidden Strain of Remote Onboarding: Why 30-60-90 Plans Aren’t Enough
I’ve onboarded a number of engineers over the years—DevOps, cloud, security, infrastructure. Smart people. Highly capable. Often running at full tilt from day one. And yet, every time, the real…