Everyone says “agent” now. Roadmaps have an agent workstream. Vendors ship an agent SKU. Every conference talk this year seems to have “agentic” in the title. But stop the conversation and ask “wait, what do you mean by agent, specifically?” and you get a pause more often than a crisp...
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I'm a Principal Architect at Centric Consulting with more than 30 years of experience in software development, system architecture, and technology leadership. My current work focuses on AI integration, event-driven architectures, and helping organizations adopt modern patterns while maintaining practical, scalable solutions.
I'm passionate about leveraging emerging technologies to solve complex business problems, mentoring development teams, and sharing insights through speaking engagements and technical writing.
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Recent Posts
Generic Agents Are a Tax. Custom Agents Are an Investment.
A workshop experiment on writing requirements, and why the real lesson isn't 'use a custom agent' — it's 'design one properly.'
In the AI-augmented coding workshop I teach at Centric Consulting, where I work (materials here), there’s a module where we run the same task two ways and let the room see the gap for itself.
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The Nervous Nerd
The nervous technologist and the eager builder are the same person
11pm, and I’m doing the math I don’t want to do. If the tools keep improving at this rate, what does my skill set look like in three years? What’s actually still mine?
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I Used to Love Writing Code. Now I Love Shipping It.
AI didn't kill my love of the craft. It gave me a reason to finish things.
I’ve loved solving problems with technology since before it paid the bills. Code was always just the medium I did it in. That was never the problem.
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We Don't Have All the Answers — And That's the Point
How the AI era is forcing an honest reckoning with what consulting actually is
I work as a principal architect at a management and technology consultancy. What follows is my own perspective, not my employer’s, but it’s shaped how I show up for our clients, and I think it’s worth saying out loud.
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