Ideas on the future
of work

Documenting thoughts, research updates, teaching reflections, and the useful tools that shape my practice -- turning field notes, classroom experiments, and AI workflows into resources for collaborators.

Tools 6 min New

Beyond the Usage Bar: Estimating Codex Tokens with ccusage

When OpenAI only shows a percentage, here is how I use ccusage CLI to approximate daily and monthly tokens and spend.

January 11, 2026 Read post
Tools 7 min

Auto Calendar: Converting Emails into Outlook Schedules

How I route weekly status emails through prompt-classified summaries and Microsoft Graph so collaborators subscribe to a clean Outlook calendar.

October 10, 2025 Read post
Tools 9 min Series

How I Switched from GitHub Copilot to ChatGPT Pro + Codex

What changed when I moved from inline suggestions to an agentic workflow -- GitHub sync, vibe coding, and the AGENTS.md + TODO.md playbook.

October 9, 2025 Read post
Tools 8 min Series

How I Built an AI Calendar Generator

First entry in the How I (Almost) AI Everything series -- mapping the workflow for an AI-assisted scheduling assistant that keeps fieldwork aligned.

October 7, 2025 Read post
Policy playbook 7 min

Five design principles for municipal automation dashboards

What we learned building automation exposure dashboards with labour ministries: data governance, user journeys, and empowering analysts.

December 12, 2024 Read post
Teaching lab 6 min

Running reproducible econometrics sprints with Python & R

Adapting software engineering rituals -- code reviews and automated checks -- to student research projects without overwhelming them.

November 3, 2024 Read post
Field notes 8 min

What garment factories teach us about collaborative automation

Insights from ethnographic work with mid-sized manufacturers navigating robotics adoption and worker-led process redesign.

October 21, 2024 Read post
Student journeys 5 min

Building equitable mentorship programmes in economics

Designing office hours, peer review, and alumni mentoring so first-generation students thrive in quantitative research roles.

September 17, 2024 Read post
Perspective

Automation myths that slow down productive collaboration

Three misconceptions I hear from firms and policy makers -- and evidence-backed narratives that unlock better partnerships.

July 10, 2024 Read post