I’m a software engineer with 15+ years of experience. Here I explain technology without the jargon: how computers work, what GitHub is, what language models are, networking, security. It’s for curious people who aren’t techies: lawyers getting into AI, students, and anyone who wants to understand.
Fifteen years building software, and now I work among lawyers. Field notes on uniforms, truth and egos, and the difference underneath: in court there is no second chance.
What happens to what you type into the chat, who answers for the application in the middle, and what you are running on your own computer. Three professional-diligence questions for adopting AI, and why the third is the urgent one today.
A teacher who lived by the Orinoco, Edmundo O’Gorman’s «invention of America,» and fifteen years writing software. A reflection on what it means to live, once again, through the invention of something our minds can’t yet hold.
The most useful technique for getting the most out of AI isn’t a magic prompt. It’s keeping conversations short and focused on a single topic, and starting over instead of arguing with the machine.
At Trifolia we don’t fall in love with AI brands: we test, measure, and choose. Why we switch models without hesitation when a better one appears, and why in law we choose like picking a scalpel.
An engineer and a lawyer talk past each other. That gap is a real problem. Why education is the first step, and the open material I built to bridge it: «Technical Foundations of AI for Lawyers».