# Writing

Notes on building and selling AI products, followed by earlier writing on energy, science, and decision-making.

## Chewing glass

Date: September 27, 2026
What it has taken to keep building Colabra, from scientific R&D to AI for acquisition diligence.
Link: post-chewing-glass.html

## Building better AI products through evaluation

Date: Updated September 27, 2026
How we use comparisons with direct file access to improve Colabra and decide what to build as AI models become more capable.
Link: post-when-raw-file-reads-beat-your-product.html

## Technical GTM for AI products

Date: Updated September 27, 2026
Finding customers, designing useful evaluations, and turning what we learn into new ways to use Colabra.
Link: post-technical-gtm-for-ai-products.html

## Linus' Law: What greater collaboration could do for scientific research

Date: Feb 25, 2021 - Bio-IT World
How collaboration could improve scientific research.
Link: https://www.bio-itworld.com/news/2021/02/25/linus-law-what-greater-collaboration-could-do-for-scientific-research

## Table of Contents / Preface

Date: Feb 26, 2018 - Medium
The reading order for my cleantech curriculum.
Link: https://medium.com/@aoisenju/table-of-contents-5a571ed97f8a

## The limits of our electrical infrastructure

Date: Apr 17, 2017 - Medium
The constraints of the grid and what it takes to modernize it.
Link: https://medium.com/@aoisenju/how-to-save-the-grid-47ed52bddde6

## The next 10 years in electricity

Date: Apr 25, 2018 - NewCo Shift
A 2018 forecast for electricity markets and infrastructure.
Link: https://shift.newco.co/2018/04/25/complete-energy-democratization-is-coming-lets-get-ready/

## The decline of oil

Date: Dec 29, 2016 - Medium
The structural pressures facing the oil industry.
Link: https://medium.com/@aoisenju/lets-talk-about-oil-51702f7034da

## The rise of oil

Date: Age of Awareness
How oil came to dominate the modern economy.
Link: https://medium.com/age-of-awareness/how-oil-came-to-control-the-world-91f53ddd7954

## The failure of cleantech investing

Date: Startup Grind
Why the first cleantech wave disappointed and what investors missed.
Link: https://medium.com/startup-grind/investing-91d6dcc4943f

## Solar energy

Date: Medium
A first-principles primer on solar energy.
Link: https://medium.com/@aoisenju/solar-8092031fc85c

## Wind energy

Date: Medium
Wind energy and its role in the grid.
Link: https://medium.com/@aoisenju/the-best-thing-to-happen-to-america-fd3ae3a28ce2

## Fuel cells

Date: Sep 21, 2017 - Medium
The promise and practical limits of fuel cells.
Link: https://medium.com/@aoisenju/its-the-fuel-of-the-future-5d65e02233ea

## Nuclear energy

Date: Jun 29, 2017 - Medium
Why I don't like simplistic '100% renewables' thinking.
Link: https://medium.com/@aoisenju/i-dont-like-100-renewables-f4a6bf149cff

## Tesla and the battery revolution

Date: Dec 15, 2016 - Medium
The role of batteries and Tesla in the adoption of clean energy.
Link: https://medium.com/@aoisenju/the-keystone-of-clean-energy-8b77d4c6723a

## Battery materials

Date: Medium
The materials used in batteries and why they matter.
Link: https://medium.com/@aoisenju/the-next-gasoline-bcaac55b76ae

## Business models of battery companies

Date: Medium
How battery companies make money.
Link: https://medium.com/@aoisenju/size-matters-5cf6d2132390

## The future of batteries

Date: Medium
What progress in battery technology depends on.
Link: https://medium.com/@aoisenju/waiting-for-a-breakthrough-97da6fceb99

## Energy efficiency

Date: Medium
The case for using energy more efficiently.
Link: https://medium.com/@aoisenju/the-low-hanging-fruit-b952dc79a9e7

## Trump and cleantech

Date: Medium
Why political headwinds alone could not stop clean tech.
Link: https://medium.com/@aoisenju/trump-cant-stop-clean-tech-b2a3763b82c1

## The Paris Agreement

Date: Medium
A skeptical take on the agreement as a climate solution.
Link: https://medium.com/@aoisenju/its-a-distraction-cb25e4fec6ba

## Willingness to learn

Date: Medium
The willingness to learn and reconsider what you know.
Link: https://medium.com/@aoisenju/the-will-to-learn-4a690a54dd9c

## Probabilistic thinking

Date: Age of Awareness
Thinking in probabilities.
Link: https://medium.com/age-of-awareness/quantum-thought-9173e53597e3

## Hidden Economic Opportunities

Date: Age of Awareness - Jumpstart
Overlooked opportunities in clean energy finance.
Link: https://medium.com/age-of-awareness/hidden-economic-opportunities-fd308334497d

## Climate self-determination

Date: Age of Awareness - Jumpstart
An argument for wider participation in climate investing and ownership.
Link: https://medium.com/age-of-awareness/climate-self-determination-4c135b7a02c1

## Rethinking clean energy investing

Date: Age of Awareness - Jumpstart
How clean energy investing could change.
Link: https://medium.com/age-of-awareness/rethinking-clean-energy-investing-b70cc6dc3907

## Why talk about climate change now?

Date: Urban Us
The case for talking about climate change in 2016.
Link: https://medium.com/urban-us/our-generations-greatest-challenge-ebe9497115fb

## Engineering our planet

Date: Age of Awareness
Realism and engineering in the response to climate change.
Link: https://medium.com/age-of-awareness/realism-injection-674c0ea43a7b