Thoughts, ideas, and things I've learned along the way.
2026-09-03
3,553 hours of bimanual robot data went free this summer. Teams on the exact same arm are still collecting their own by hand. Here is what open robot data collection actually buys you, and what it cannot.
2026-08-09
The robot models are ready. The data to make them reliable in the physical world is not. Why demonstration data is the real bottleneck in physical AI—and why you can't scrape your way out of it.
2026-07-21
A field guide to the ways robots learn manipulation from humans—teleoperation, handheld grippers, egocentric video—and how VLA policies and world models fit together. The vocabulary of physical AI, explained.
2026-05-29
Agentic-native software isn't a tool you operate. It's an agent that assembles capability from a model, your content, and your tools. The model is shared with everyone; your context and tools are the moat.
2026-01-10
I haven't picked up a book in months. When I need to learn something, I ask AI. But something about this bothers me—where do good questions come from?
2026-01-03
Why the agent ecosystem's obsession with tools is the wrong abstraction. The difference between building copilots and building agents that actually work autonomously.
2024-11-01
A Comprehensive Overview of the Bitcoin Ecosystem Part III - Bitcoin Restaking. Exploring how Babylon enables staked Bitcoin to generate additional yield while maintaining self-custody.
2024-07-04
A comprehensive framework for categorizing blockchain AI companies, examining their specific areas of concentration, technological approaches, and value propositions.
2024-05-21
A comprehensive taxonomy of zk Coprocessors, examining how Data Access and Computation coprocessors solve trust and scalability challenges in blockchain development.
2024-05-08
An in-depth analysis of Bitcoin scaling solutions including ZK Sovereign Rollups, Optimistic Rollups, Inscriptions, and Sidechains, examining the tradeoffs between security and scalability.
2024-04-18
An in-depth exploration of Bitcoin inscriptions, the Ordinals protocol, BRC-20 tokens, and the emerging ecosystem of fungible and non-fungible assets on Bitcoin.