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What I’m tinkering with and exploring right now.

Avoiding the Blank Canvas when Prompting

Exploring how prompt-based systems can improve recognition over recall when scanning esoteric data sources

Jan 06, 2026

Contextual Assistance — Smart Book Builder

Testing how to introduce powerful AI tooling at the moment it becomes relevant — without blocking momentum or hiding real complexity.

Jan 11, 2026

Contextual Assistance — Books

Exploring how AI and good product design can surface better next steps without feeling like marketing, upsell, or interruption.

Jan 10, 2026

Surfacing Insights: Balancing Signal and Noise

I explore how agentic AI works behind the scenes to combine signals across a GRC platform, suggesting next-best actions that go beyond what a standalone risk view can provide.

Dec 22, 2025

Risk Heatmap: Progressive Disclosure Without Breaking Trust

I unpack a stable but constrained GRC pattern and apply clearer scannability, stronger information prioritization, and progressive disclosure to a high-density enterprise risk heatmap.

Dec 22, 2025

Rethinking Risk Visualization Patterns

An exploration of alternative patterns for visualizing enterprise risk data beyond traditional heatmaps.

Dec 26, 2025

Onboarding Patterns without the Bloat

A lightweight exploration of owned onboarding patterns and the tradeoffs of building versus buying in enterprise products.

Dec 19, 2025