Execution is in the margins Nov 09, 2025

TLDR: Too much weight is given to strategies and high-level plans, and not enough is given to doing small things, marginally better.

What is the limiting factor of things? Oct 25, 2025

This is an on-going list of the limiting factors of things. Why aren't trees double the size? Why are planes the size they are? Exploring whether the limits are pre-determined, artificially placed, some sort of equilibrium convergence, or a myriad of other reasons.

No small changes May 10, 2025

When making an engineering decision, however small, it never exists in a vacuum.

Why are energy prices in the UK so expensive? April 2, 2025

The UK had an average electricity price of 27.03p/kWh from the 1st April (capped by Ofgem), which when normalised for EUR:GBP at 0.85, is roughly 2-3x that of some European countries like Sweden (15.3p/kWh), Norway (10.2p/kWh), and Iceland (7p/kWh). Why?.