Personal philosophy
How I think
I care about systems that survive contact with reality. That means understanding incentives, naming constraints, and examining second-order effects before they surface as incidents.
Systems and incentives
I start with incentives because they predict behavior more reliably than mission statements. When incentives are misaligned, everything else becomes theater.
Trust and continuity
Trust is a direction, not a score. Continuity is the proof. I look for the moments when a system is stressed and ask whether it still keeps its promises.
Constraints and clarity
Constraints reveal the shape of a product. When they are explicit, priorities become legible. When they are hidden, the system grows brittle.
Second-order effects
Every decision casts a shadow. I study how people adapt, route around controls, and optimize for metrics that no longer mean what we think they do.