Paul Welty, PhD AI, WORK, AND STAYING HUMAN

Learning about Jupyter Notebooks

Discover the essentials of Jupyter Notebooks and unlock powerful tools for data analysis and visualization in your projects.

“Jupyter Notebook” is a term I that I want to learn about because 1) it’s new to me, and 2) I have heard/read it twice today.

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Featured writing

Why customer tools are organized wrong

This article reveals a fundamental flaw in how customer support tools are designed—organizing by interaction type instead of by customer—and explains why this fragmentation wastes time and obscures the full picture you need to help users effectively.

Infrastructure shapes thought

The tools you build determine what kinds of thinking become possible. On infrastructure, friction, and building deliberately for thought rather than just throughput.

Server-Side Dashboard Architecture: Why Moving Data Fetching Off the Browser Changes Everything

How choosing server-side rendering solved security, CORS, and credential management problems I didn't know I had.

Books

The Work of Being (in progress)

A book on AI, judgment, and staying human at work.

The Practice of Work (in progress)

Practical essays on how work actually gets done.

Recent writing

We always panic about new tools (and we're always wrong)

Every time a new tool emerges for making or manipulating symbols, we panic. The pattern is so consistent it's almost embarrassing. Here's what happened each time.

Dev reflection - February 03, 2026

I've been thinking about constraints today. Not the kind that block you—the kind that clarify. There's a difference, and most people miss it.

When execution becomes cheap, ideas become expensive

This article reveals a fundamental shift in how organizations operate: as AI makes execution nearly instantaneous, the bottleneck has moved from implementation to decision-making. Understanding this transition is critical for anyone leading teams or making strategic choices in an AI-enabled world.

Notes and related thinking

How AI Is Changing Workforce Training

Discover how AI is transforming workforce training, driving demand for re-skilling and enhancing employee development in today's evolving job market.

ChatGPT is already working in the economy

Discover how ChatGPT transforms the economy by saving time and money in content creation, enhancing productivity for writers and editors alike.

Drafts app is great

Unlock your productivity with Drafts app, the ultimate tool for quick note-taking and seamless organization. Enhance your workflow today!