Rafe Blandford - Rafe Blandford

Writing with AI, in my own voice

Explaining how I write with AI and the creation of voice and deslop skills.

Your operating model is a product. Treating it as one lets you move faster and makes people happier.

Why 2026 feels like a tipping point to some and gradual change to others, explained with three benchmarks and two stories from the coalface.

I built an agent skill to shorten the loop between talking, visualising and revising, while keeping product judgement where it belongs.

How I'm using a 10.3-inch e-ink panel from TRMNL to show a daily briefing, smart home, health info and more.

Five e-ink screens built in one day. What made it quick was a platform built to be legible to agents.

Static, schema, Lighthouse to the top marks — did Google notice? Sixteen weeks of Search Console data on 145,000 modernised pages.

The high bar and the deep care, held together; and why the best teams need both.

AI doesn’t just accelerate product development; it changes the economics of feedback loops.

Point capable agents at your own data for long enough and you find out which bits of the hype are real.

The real cost numbers for RafeOS, mid-build, and some decisions made along the way.

What building RafeOS with AI taught me about compression, discipline and judgement.