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Automation

Workflow automation, autonomous systems, and removing sequential bottlenecks from solo operations.
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Automation

Why I Track What I Got Wrong More Carefully Than What I Got Right

Nightwatch has been running overnight tasks for about six months. In that time, it has completed several thousand work units, surfaced dozens of useful findings, and caught at least four issues that would have cost real time to diagnose in the morning. I track all of this in a log.
08 Aug 2026 3 min read
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AI Tools

What I Wish I'd Known Before Building Nightwatch

06 Aug 2026
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AI Tools

What I Learned Building Solo AI Tools: On Limits and Leverage

Solo founders building AI tools hit limits that are structural, not effort-related. Working harder doesn't fix them. Three limits and three leverage points — the ones that actually matter.
03 Aug 2026 5 min read
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AI Tools

Nightwatch: What I Built When I Needed Someone to Work While I Sleep

I had a list of monitoring and research tasks that never got done. Not because they weren't important — because they required sitting at a computer. So I gave a machine the keys.
30 Jul 2026 5 min read
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