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Long-form architecture write-ups and essays on enterprise AI, Headless HRMS, agentic pipelines, MCP, and the platform work behind HONO Zero UI. Notes I have kept since mid-2025 — the work has been the focus for years; this site is the public version of it.
2026
One pipeline, three domains — the agentic AI pattern we keep building at HONO
ArchitectureTimesheets, payslip explanations, helpdesk replies — three systems that ended at the same seven-stage shape. What stays invariant, what becomes configuration, and the cost of learning the difference.
July 2026~13 min readThe technical moat in HR-tech AI — what twelve months can't change
StrategyThree architectural moats, one flywheel forming, and the part of the position I'd rather be different.
June 2026~14 min readWhat's after the screen — three predictions for enterprise software's next five years
EssayWhich SaaS categories die first, which survive, and why the next procurement decision is which AI assistant the customer's people already use.
June 2026~10 min readThe bimodal developer — vibe coding and the team you didn't know you had
EssayTwo years of vibe coding inside a 40+ engineering org. What it actually did to the people who built the product.
June 2026~11 min readForward Deployed Engineers — fewer middlemen, faster turnaround, same team
ArchitectureThe eight engineers we're sending to customers, and the program shaping them.
June 2026~12 min readWhat we let the HR assistant answer — and what we don't
ArchitectureThree gates — scope, authority, policy — and the war stories that taught us where the line actually sits.
June 2026~13 min readDual-model routing in production
ArchitectureWhy the cost classifier isn't enough — the aggregation trap, threshold drift, and what breaks at scale.
June 2026~12 min readSeven agents, one timesheet
ArchitectureInside an Agentic AI automation pipeline for contractor timesheets across 45+ countries.
May 2026~12 min readWhy we killed the UI
ArchitectureInside HONO Zero UI's architecture — intent classification, dual-model routing, the Intelligent Execution Engine, and the cost levers that make it economical.
May 2026~12 min readWhy MCP is the API layer enterprise HR has been waiting for
ArchitectureHow HONO exposes its multi-tenant HRMS to Claude Desktop, Cursor, Zapier, and any compliant AI assistant.
May 2026~11 min readTwo migrations
ArchitectureRewriting an HRMS from PHP, and discovering the rewrite was the bounded problem.
April 2026~12 min readWhat vibe coding taught me about enterprise UX
EssayIf developers won't click anymore, why should HR users? The origin story of HONO Zero UI.
February 2026~9 min readPayroll without a cut-off date
ArchitectureInside Zero Touch Payroll — continuous ingestion, Intelligent Payslip, and a country-agnostic engine running across 25 markets.
January 2026~13 min read
Drafting
- —Stacking classifiers — what we learned shipping the KB classifier
- —Leading Gen Z engineers: what actually works
- —What 13 years in ERP taught me about AI adoption
- —Zero Touch Onboarding — the next category piece
In flight. Published as each one lands.
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