The Cognitive AI Tax
An explanation of the avoidable mental effort created when unreviewed AI output shifts validation, context gathering, and decision-making onto others.
Archive / Field notes
Writing from
the field.
Essays, notes, and projects about hosting platforms, security, AI operations, craft, WordPress, and life.
Tokyo / 2026
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Re: Automattic Doubles Down on the Developer Community
A reflection on Automattic’s growing investment in developer support, WordPress.com tools, WP Cloud, WooCommerce, and the wider WordPress community.
Foam of the Brave 2023 – Cleveland, TN
An invitation to Cleveland’s first Foam of the Brave, a Veterans Day gathering supporting people who served as they heal and thrive.
The Passing of A Father, David Watson Gregory
A personal remembrance of David Watson Gregory, written through the first waves of grief after the loss of a father.
Reblog: Hacking Campaign Actively Exploiting Ultimate Member Plugin
How an Automattic security investigation uncovered an active campaign exploiting unresolved vulnerabilities in the Ultimate Member plugin.
How Stoicism Helped Me Overcome the Pain of a Broken Relationship
A personal account of heartbreak, mindfulness, Stoic practice, and the slow work of finding peace and rebuilding.
AI Ethics and the Dangers of Autonomous Agents
A look at the risks and responsibilities that emerge when increasingly capable AI agents can plan, act, and iterate with less human oversight.
Brewing with GPT: AI-PA
An experiment using GPT-3.5 to design a New England-style IPA recipe, from water chemistry and hops to fermentation and brew-day adjustments.
Reblog: Fake plugin wave affecting WordPress sites
How attackers used compromised credentials to install fake WordPress plugins, plus links to the malware indicators and protective rules uncovered in the investigation.
2018 MacBook Pro GPU Failure & Workaround
A troubleshooting record of a 2018 MacBook Pro GPU failure and the software workaround that kept the machine usable.