Field Notes
Lessons from implementations, architecture reviews and the daily reality of changing work.
Automation, observed over time
Automation keeps changing. The questions don’t.
What belongs in a workflow? Where should judgment live? Which promises survive contact with real operations? We publish practice, market analysis and history—with the archive built into the experience.
Three editorial lenses
One field. Three useful distances.
The site separates personal experience, current market movement and historical reconstruction so readers always know what kind of evidence they are looking at.
Market Signals
Regular analysis of automation vendors, AI agents, process tooling and operating models.
Time Machine
History written in period perspective, clearly labeled as reconstruction and connected to today.
The long view
Six decades of process ambition.
The technology changes names; the organizational trade-offs repeat. Browse the archive as one continuous conversation.
1960sOffice automation
1990sProcess reengineering
2010sRPA at scale
2020sHyperautomation
NowAI agents
Featured reading
Three ways into the archive.
Existing text and imagery, now presented inside the new editorial system.
Jira Workflows vs AI Agents: Eight Processes That Moved On
A practitioner's analysis of business processes that lived in Jira Workflows but now belong to AI agents — and why the shift was inevitable.
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The Dawn of Office Automation: Redefining Business Processes
A look at how early computers and automation technologies are revolutionizing office work and transforming the business landscape.
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Compound Engineering: Daily Use of the Framework
A practical guide to running the Plan → Work → Assess → Codify loop every day, so your engineering process improves with each task.
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