GARDEN / ESSAYS & NOTES

Ideas I keep coming back to.

Short essays that link to each other. Pick a tag to follow one topic, or start anywhere and follow the links.

AI · 22 Sep 2026 · 6 min

Confidence is not the same as being right

A model that says "90% sure" should be right about nine times in ten. Most of us, models and people, are not calibrated like that.

Engineering · 8 Sep 2026 · 5 min

Somewhere, someone tired and in a hurry will read the sentence you wrote at the end of a long afternoon. Write it for them.

Running · 24 Aug 2026 · 5 min

Long races punish the version of you that wants to look strong early. They reward the one who tells the truth about the next four hours.

AI · 15 Jun 2026 · 5 min

Going back to university for an MSc in AI, after years of shipping software, meant learning which ideas age quickly and which ones don't.

Ideas · 20 May 2026 · 4 min

If I only ran on dry days in Wales I would barely run at all. The weather taught me something about starting before I feel ready.

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