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Research notes on software, artificial intelligence, interaction and the craft of building original products.
Map Undo Boundaries in Analytical Software
A practical boundary map helps teams reverse analytical edits without separating a result from the reasoning that gives it meaning.
Questions to Ask When a Valuation Range Surprises You
A practical review method that moves from a surprising valuation range to the scenario, assumption and framing choice behind it.
Four Safeguards for Account Name Changes
A practical policy matrix that balances legitimate account renaming with impersonation, confusion and rapid-change abuse risks.
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The Unit-and-Scale Check for Financial Calculations
A calculation may be arithmetically correct yet financially wrong. Use this unit-and-scale ledger to catch percentage, period, currency and magnitude mismatches.
Design Financial Inputs Around the Question
A question-first input contract makes required variables and assumptions understandable before a financial calculation begins.
How to Audit a Financial Calculator Result
A practical reverse audit for tracing one financial result through its units, dates, sources, assumptions, derived values and execution history.
Why Linked Financial Calculations Should Update Atomically
A linked calculation is only coherent when upstream changes reach every dependent result together—or leave the prior workspace intact.