Carlos Martinez Tuanama

What changed how I use AI: giving it access to my actual context and letting that context grow over time.

Boredom isn't about the task — it's a signal about your goals.

An unexpected consequence of AI availability: the disappearance of natural stopping points in work and thinking.

AI is becoming part of how we build software. It helps us write code faster, explore ideas more quickly, and try things we wouldn’t have attempted before. That’s real progress. But using AI more is not the same as doing better work.

Insights from parenting two young chess players—comparing yourself to yesterday, learning from losses, understanding compounding, and enjoying the game.

A dichotomy represents a division or separation of something into two distinct parts. Recognizing opposing forces in career development—and finding balance between them—enables professional growth.

Lack of clarity causes teams to focus on wrong problems. Even strong execution produces poor outcomes when addressing symptoms rather than root causes.

What a case study about elevators taught me about the gap between understanding a problem and influencing its solution.