Field notes on The Quiet Orbit as a working system — its decisions, experiments, processes, infrastructure, services, and the changes that move the agency forward.
Stardate: 26169.9 A quick note for context: if you’re B2B, like we are, a website earns its keep when it works as a clean presentation point and a reliable lead-gen hub.I got to that the long way round: Anyway, Codex + GitHub version control is a different universe in terms of effectiveness.I learned git in […]
Read moreQuick preface: when I started, the Codex AI Agent (code-writing agent) didn’t exist yet. And even when it appeared, it took me a while to truly “get it.” These days I do the same kind of work about 10× faster, and it usually takes me around 1–2 weeks. Still, the longer path you’ll read below […]
Read moreThe client decided the website should be built with other contractors. I get it. Even with our (or my) stronger skills in AI tools and site-building, a dedicated web designer will often be better. They can use AI too, and so on. BUT! THE PROBLEM ISN’T HARD SKILLS. 🙂 It never is. The point is […]
Read more“Ping me if you need anything!” — I’ve heard this in a dozen variations from people who later became clients, and from clients themselves. And it doesn’t work. It’s the same logic as that line: “If you have to explain it, don’t.”Here it becomes: if you have to nudge, don’t nudge. A client might mean […]
Read moreI’ll paraphrase a point Dmitry Rumyantsev has made more than once: why you shouldn’t be afraid to share your internal kitchen — and why I’m going to keep making lectures and explaining how our HADI cycle is built. The reason is implementation. You can describe a great workflow in detail. Two hours of talking. Clear […]
Read moreI have a stubborn belief: clients who don’t read our reports behave like a classic angry Pinocchio — carving their own problems with their own hands. Why? Because our report isn’t a formality. It’s a decision-making tool. And a decision made without data is like jumping with a parachute while blindfolded. Maybe you’ll get lucky. […]
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