Writing on AI, engineering and financial systems

Why stablecoins found real users when most crypto products didn't, the three architectural tensions every stablecoin design resolves differently, and why those same lessons transfer directly to RWA protocol design.

Why tightly coupling your core contracts to external DeFi protocols compounds risk with every integration — and how a stable core with swappable adapters keeps audit scope small as you grow.

A practical hierarchy for DeFi audit preparation — context, real usage testing, continuous review and honest remediation — from someone who's been through nine audit cycles on production protocols.