Essays and notes by Jon Holman. https://jonholman.com/writing/ The United States has the talent, capital, and compute to lead in artificial intelligence. What it still needs is a predictable way to govern the technology it is trying to lead. https://jonholman.com/writing/america-can-still-lose-the-ai-race-to-itself/ https://jonholman.com/writing/america-can-still-lose-the-ai-race-to-itself/ Mon, 31 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT Rules can make a path safer. Rules imposed without warning can also close it. Terraform provides a portable workflow, not portable cloud resources. What its real lock-in teaches us about state, tools, and deliberate dependency. https://jonholman.com/writing/terraform-and-the-lock-in-you-actually-got/ https://jonholman.com/writing/terraform-and-the-lock-in-you-actually-got/ Mon, 31 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT A common workflow can span different platforms without making their resources interchangeable.