Field Notes & Research
Observations, deep dives, and working notes from active research.
Research Agenda: Five Questions Driving the Facility
Michael Hofweller•Mar 18, 2026•5 min read•PublishedWhat does the operating system for an agent-first orgnaization look like? We're building one to find out. Here are the questions driving every project, article, and infrastructure decision at the facility.
The Incongruency Problem: Why AI Is Failing Enterprise
Michael Hofweller•Mar 17, 2026•10 min read•Published$30–40 billion in enterprise generative AI investment has produced almost nothing. The problem isn't the technology — it's that we're bolting AI onto a world designed for humans.
From Aesthetic to Algorithm: Building Design Systems as Agent Skills
Michael Hofweller•Feb 17, 2026•12 min read•PublishedA design system has always been a translation problem. You take an aesthetic vision — something felt, something visual, something that lives in a designer's ...