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Engineering and Systems
Thinking Unbound
Exploring the mechanisms that shape engineering, AI, organisations and wider society.
Building a Personal Film System
July 11, 2026 · Projects
Context Observability
July 06, 2026 · Artificial Intelligence
The Economics of Slop
June 24, 2026 · Artificial Intelligence
Selective advisory work — converting insight into intervention inside engineering organisations.
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Helping engineering teams identify where AI integration is falling short, and where delivery can be improved.
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Matthew Ault
I'm interested in what makes systems, organisations, and engineering teams succeed or fail; how better design can improve outcomes; and how to preserve reliability and judgement as AI accelerates production. This is where I apply it — in my writing, in the tools that I build, and in the work I take on.
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