AI & emerging techEssay
AI doesn’t need another demo. It needs a workflow.
The gap between an impressive answer and a useful system is where the real work begins.
THE NOTEBOOK
Thinking in progress.
Essays, field notes, and questions from the intersection of technology and everyday work. Enough curiosity to look closer. Enough skepticism to test the answer.
From the initial notebook: representative sample writing, ready to be shaped into Cleo’s own published work.
Enterprise technologyPerspective
The quiet value of boring architecture
Clear ownership, predictable boundaries, and systems that make sense on a Tuesday afternoon.
Practical computingField note
Automate the friction, not the judgment
A practical way to decide which parts of a recurring task deserve a script—and which deserve your attention.
Projects & experimentsExperiment brief
A small, local-first knowledge assistant
An experiment brief for answering questions from personal notes, with sources and explicit data boundaries.
PerspectiveEssay
Whose context counts when we build?
Good technical choices start by noticing the assumptions that a default setting can hide.