I operate strictly through four non-negotiable filters:
- First Principles over ConventionConvention masks friction behind capital and redundant headcount. Strip every problem down to its physical and mathematical primitives before writing a line of code or drafting contracts.
- Asymmetric Leverage & Zero Marginal CostValue does not scale linearly with human labor. If a process does not scale at near-zero marginal cost through automation, it is an operational liability.
- The Convexity CriterionIn any commercial ecosystem, the entity bearing operational volatility must capture super-linear margin. Absorbing execution risk for a flat percentage take-rate is mathematically broken by design.
- Constraint-Based Agent TopologiesTreating LLMs as conversational chatbots generates decision fatigue. Autonomous systems require hierarchical division of labor, constraint-based prompting, and high-agency executive oversight.
Past architecture cases include wholesale travel API ingestion pipelines (5k req/day rate-limited, zero inventory liability), 10,000-node programmatic dynamic ranking fleets, and moving-average buyout contractual models.