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Inside the thinking & the work.
Things I’m noticing. Things I’m building. Articles on systems, people and AI, alongside ship logs showing the problems, decisions and details behind the software.
Ship LogIntegrations
Enterprise Contact Sync
Contacts easily sync down to employee devices
September 15, 2026 · 1 min read
Ship LogAI Workflows
Scoping a Goal Into User Stories and Tickets
Using transcript and meeting data to capture unwritten requests
September 14, 2026 · 1 min read
Ship LogConnected Tools
Ticket Browser Extension
Allowing clients to file tickets on the fly
September 14, 2026 · 1 min read
Ship LogFinance & Accounting
Budget Periods, Purchase Orders, Invoices, and Contracts in One Ledger
The same dollar, counted the same way everywhere
September 14, 2026 · 1 min read
Ship LogMeetings
Scheduling Automation
When coordinating the work costs more than the work
September 14, 2026 · 1 min read
Ship LogCompliance
Automated Policy Holds and Spending Limits
Guardrails that run themselves, instead of rules people are asked to remember
September 14, 2026 · 1 min read
Ship LogProject Finances
Real-Time Contract Balance and Burn Visibility
The number in front of a client should be current, not reconstructed at month end
September 14, 2026 · 1 min read
Ship LogApprovals
Multi-Layer Travel and Expense Approval Routing
Replacing approval requests that got lost in shared folders
September 14, 2026 · 1 min read
Ship LogApprovals
Simplified Approval Chain Design
Creating Standardized Approval Chain Logic
September 14, 2026 · 1 min read
Ship LogReporting
Weekly Reporting Automation with Adjustable Datasets
Creating an adjustable context layer
September 14, 2026 · 1 min read
Observations. Experiments. Working software.From the practice of Arc Theory.