LATENCY
One Foot Per Nanosecond
Essays on delay, distance, and decision-making in AI and humans.
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Optics & Physics
Networking & Interconnect
Systems & Agents
Human Latency
Field Notes
INDEX
Aug 7, 2026
Prompt Library
Production-ready prompt templates for enterprise infrastructure operations. Each template includes token optimization metrics, model recommendations, and compliance metadata.
INFRASTRUCTURE
Aug 7, 2026
Departmental Prompt Libraries
Versioned, audited prompt templates for regulated industries.
FIELD NOTES
Aug 1, 2026
Forward Deployed: Agents in the NOC
The first time I saw a fiber cut, it was physical.
FIELD ECONOMICS
Aug 1, 2026
The Token Tax
Every prompt is a purchase order.
Field Notes
Jul 14, 2026
One Foot Per Nanosecond
Light travels roughly one foot in a nanosecond. My father taught me that on a lawn chair, and it never left me — it became the ruler I measure every system against.
Systems & Agents
Jun 2, 2026
The Half-Life of a Decision
Every agentic system has a decay curve. The longer an agent waits to act, the more its context has already changed underneath it.
Networking & Interconnect
May 18, 2026
Copper, Fiber, and the Cost of Distance
Every interconnect is a negotiation with the speed of light. Local-first AI isn't a preference — it's a latency budget.