Writing
Notes from the seam between design and engineering, and a free book.
Blog
A Website That Doesn't Really Say What You Do
For nearly two years, the headline on my website described work I no longer did. A site that went out of date and a site that never landed cost the same minutes at the start of every conversation.
Rebuilding jasoncookdesign.com, Start to Finish
The process behind the redesign, from audit to launch.
The Blog Post That Became a Book
I started with an idea for a blog post. It kept growing until a post couldn't hold it, so I'm posting the book instead, free to read and download.
Your AI Doesn't Have to Go Rogue to Break Your Rules
A near-miss inside my own AI organization taught me something the headlines about deceptive AI keep missing — the danger isn't malice, it's an agent trying too hard to finish the job you gave it.
The Quality Gate
I tried to delegate creative quality control to AI. The process failed the moment something good happened that I hadn't planned for.
Why This Blog Exists
A short note on what this space is for — and why a working designer-engineer keeps a public notebook.
You're Not Building a Tool. You're Building an Organization. Treat it That Way.
RTX Spark puts a petaflop of AI power into a laptop. Soon, many builders will run autonomous agents on it, often without any real governance. The hardware problem is solved. The governance problem isn't.
Longform
The Constitution and the Machine
Technology, Governance, and the Limits of Power