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TOM.KIRKPATRICK

CTO. Systems Engineer.

Building agentic infrastructure for the sovereign future.

Latest Thinking

2026-02-13

Case Study: Optimizing AI Image Generation

What started as 'generate 10 meme images' turned into a case study in validation, iteration, and why semantic AI evaluation beats pixel heuristics. A 70% false positive rate forced us to rethink.

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The Bitcoin Heuristic: A Mental Model for AI

2026-01-25

PeerSwaps: Rebalancing Channels Without the Chain

2024-06-05

Migrating a Lightning Node: Zero-Downtime Surgery

2024-05-15
Systems Engineering // 2026