After Twenty Years, a First Line

2025-07-16

For twenty years, I've been a builder, a craftsman of code. Twelve of those years have been in the industry, chasing the relentless pace of innovation. I've written millions of lines, but never one for myself, for the public. This is the first.

The world I started in was one of logic and syntax. Now, it's one of partnership. The rise of AI has introduced a ghost in the machine—a collaborator that is both exhilarating and unsettling. It's a mirror, reflecting our own creativity at a scale that forces us to ask new questions.

What does it mean to build responsibly? What values are we embedding in the digital DNA of our future?

This blog is my attempt to explore these questions, to think aloud, and to start a conversation. After twenty years of silence, I'm ready.