• What Darmok and Jalad Can Teach Us About Governing Meaning in Agentic AI

    What Darmok and Jalad Can Teach Us About Governing Meaning in Agentic AI

    Report this article Patrick Parker Patrick Parker Published Sep 8, 2026 + Follow In the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode “Darmok,” the Universal Translator… Read more

  • Human override is a Queue

    Human override is a Queue

    Doesn’t it look pretty? Human override is a Queue Report this article Martijn Veldkamp Martijn Veldkamp Published Oct 7, 2026 + Follow We are delivering… Read more

  • Confidence is not a Control

    Confidence is not a Control

    Just because it looks green and fuzzy, does not mean it is actual governance Confidence is not a Control Report this article Martijn Veldkamp Martijn… Read more

  • Demo Debt

    Demo Debt

    Apparently it is a podcast image? Demo Debt Report this article Martijn Veldkamp Martijn Veldkamp Published Oct 30, 2026 + Follow “But it worked in… Read more

  • Slack is not waste

    Slack is not waste

    (No, not the enterprise app, the unbooked space in your calendar. Also this is not an attack on Lean, well not meant now in this… Read more

  • The Exit Door is part of the Architecture

    The Exit Door is part of the Architecture

    Every supplier contract contains an exit clause. Most of us read some form of termination section in a contract. Some have and declared the lock-in… Read more

  • They cannot buy ASML

    They cannot buy ASML

    For most of this year, the top of OpenRouter’s token leaderboard has been Chinese. Not one model sneaking in at number 8, the top of… Read more

  • Geely bought Volvo first

    Geely bought Volvo first

    A few weeks ago I mentioned that one of our chickens has decided the old red Volvo is her spot. She sits on the bonnet… Read more

  • Overcapacity is a Strategy

    Overcapacity is a Strategy

    We have a drawer in the kitchen that has become a graveyard for many things, including lighters. Every time I fire up either the fireplace… Read more

  • Regulation is a design input

    Regulation is a design input

    Here in the Netherlands you do not decide how many cows you want and then go build a barn. It runs the other way around,… Read more