Writing on enterprise AI, platform engineering, AI governance and building in public.https://photonconsulting.dev/https://photonconsulting.dev/blog/patch-agent-ai-ops-squarewave/https://photonconsulting.dev/blog/patch-agent-ai-ops-squarewave/Full technical walkthrough of building an autonomous ops agent with the Claude Agent SDK. Architecture, what Patch actually does daily, costs and what still needs a human.Mon, 16 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://photonconsulting.dev/blog/constraint-engineering/https://photonconsulting.dev/blog/constraint-engineering/Everyone's engineering better prompts but almost nobody is engineering the constraints that determine what agents can actually do.Tue, 10 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://photonconsulting.dev/blog/staying-technical-leading-ai-shift/https://photonconsulting.dev/blog/staying-technical-leading-ai-shift/The gap between strategy and execution is collapsing for technical leaders. The ones who stayed close to the craft are sitting on a competitive advantage most haven't identified yet.Mon, 09 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://photonconsulting.dev/blog/two-agents-one-problem/https://photonconsulting.dev/blog/two-agents-one-problem/Two viral AI agent incidents this week share the same root cause: humans didn't specify the boundaries.Sun, 08 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://photonconsulting.dev/blog/practical-ai-agent-governance/https://photonconsulting.dev/blog/practical-ai-agent-governance/Most governance conversation is theoretical. Here's what surprised me about governing AI agents when you're actually doing it rather than planning for it.Tue, 03 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://photonconsulting.dev/blog/webmcp-insurance-reinsurance/https://photonconsulting.dev/blog/webmcp-insurance-reinsurance/A new browser standard backed by Google and Microsoft could transform how AI agents interact with the platforms that run the insurance industry.Thu, 26 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://photonconsulting.dev/blog/enterprise-ai-infrastructure-honest-conversation/https://photonconsulting.dev/blog/enterprise-ai-infrastructure-honest-conversation/Every AI coding tool you use is being sold at a loss and the pricing correction will reshape enterprise technology strategy.Tue, 24 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://photonconsulting.dev/blog/three-months-idea-to-shipping/https://photonconsulting.dev/blog/three-months-idea-to-shipping/How I reverse-engineered a device protocol, built a desktop app, launched a company and hired four AI agents. While holding down a full-time job and running an animal sanctuary.Tue, 24 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://photonconsulting.dev/blog/prompting-paper-vs-gemini/https://photonconsulting.dev/blog/prompting-paper-vs-gemini/A dead-simple prompting technique reveals something important about how models process information and why teams keep reaching for bigger models unnecessarily.Fri, 20 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://photonconsulting.dev/blog/four-ai-agents-one-founder/https://photonconsulting.dev/blog/four-ai-agents-one-founder/How a solo founder runs a software company with four AI agents handling operations, development, infrastructure and each other.Tue, 17 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://photonconsulting.dev/blog/openclaw-acquired-what-happens-next/https://photonconsulting.dev/blog/openclaw-acquired-what-happens-next/The acqui-hire debate misses the point: autonomous AI agents are running everywhere with essentially zero governance.Mon, 16 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://photonconsulting.dev/blog/sounding-like-our-algorithms/https://photonconsulting.dev/blog/sounding-like-our-algorithms/AI influences human communication in ways most people haven't noticed. From vocabulary to entire music genres, algorithms shape what we create and how we think.Wed, 07 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://photonconsulting.dev/blog/how-llms-actually-work/https://photonconsulting.dev/blog/how-llms-actually-work/When you prompt an AI, it isn't thinking. It's following a five-step mechanism to guess what comes next. Understanding this changes how you use the technology.Fri, 02 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT