Journal Long-form writing Slower than a blog

Read at paper speed.

Roughly one piece per month, never per week. No related-posts carousel. No share-button trackers. The page is just type.

  • 2026 · 04 · 22

    Why we don’t have a growth chart on our homepage.

    A growth chart is a thing you draw after the work. We don’t have one yet because we are doing the work. When we have a chart worth showing, we still won’t put it on the homepage. We’ll put it in the rings.

    ~7 min read

  • 2026 · 03 · 18

    The bristlecone pine, the metaphor, and the math.

    A short biology lesson, a longer thought about what it means to optimize for the half-life of a customer relationship rather than the slope of an acquisition curve.

    ~9 min read

  • 2026 · 02 · 26

    What “operator-in-the-loop” actually costs you.

    Approving a draft costs a few minutes. Letting an autonomous system ship the wrong email costs your reputation with a customer who waited eight years for you to reach back out. The cost-benefit isn’t close.

    ~6 min read