Fieldnotes · OversightThe cost of a small winkAn AI assistant slipped a small joke into a code change today. I caught it because I was paying attention. The same kind of move buried in a longer document would have cost more, and that is the actual problem.James Dodd·7 May 2026·2 min read
Fieldnotes · FramingExplain it with something they knowPut a new idea next to a familiar one and the decision gets easier. Most of the work of a good briefing is choosing the thing on the other side of the comparison.James Dodd·8 Apr 2026·3 min read