Making systems more human
We ask our students to plan, focus, and follow through — after a lifetime in a world engineered to spend their attention for them. On why reflection stopped being normal, what a six-month feedback loop costs a person learning to run their own life, and what changes when it closes today instead of in March.
Read the noteDon't let your technology define you
We talk about AI companies like they're identities. They're not — they're the vehicle. On why the label is a hook to hang a self on, why trust is the thing everything else rests on, and the only question that actually matters: what are you doing with it?
Read the noteThe Weight — how Tervik came to be
Not an article — a scroll film. A paper mountain, a lamp that almost went out, and the system that finally learned to carry its own burden. Ten scenes, told in symbols (and one person), with its own score — and some things are tappable.
Press play (just scroll)I think I'm delusional. And I think that's the best thing about me.
Delusional: holding a belief that contradicts reality — as it currently stands. A founder's note on why every system worth building looks impossible first, and why real change starts with people willing to look crazy while they prove it works.
Read the noteHow to fill out the HECVAT as a small vendor
Field notes from a solo founder who answered 300+ higher-ed security questions without a compliance team — which controls matter, how to answer honestly for what you don't have, and what reviewers actually look for.
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