Rashid Azarang

Rashid Azarang

AI Researcher & Engineer

Going deep into AI, so my kids and grandkids won't need to.

I figure myself out by thinking about thinking: a natural-born systems thinker, and a builder of complex systems.

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Approaching the Integration of AI in an OrganizationIntegrating AI into an organization did not begin by giving an agent more autonomy. It began by making the processes explicit: how evidence is left, how a story connects to a change, how work is reviewed, and how the real state of a project is understood. Reducing the ambiguity of the system changed our relationship with AI. Then information stopped being something you look up and became a continuous architecture; operating knowledge was consolidated in a persistent environment; and that knowledge is projected as a common interface for humans and agents. First the process, then autonomy, and finally an architecture that can be maintained, observed, audited and evolved.
Sep 16, 2026
Running Schedules and Loops for ReportingInstead of asking an assistant for a status update whenever someone remembers, we register each report as a prompt file in the repo, run it on a schedule with Claude Code, choose the model and effort level by the kind of work it does, and publish the result to a single Notion page whose link never changes while the previous versions stay archived underneath. Three report types, one prompt contract, and the templates to copy.
Sep 15, 2026
The Physical Agent HarnessI set out to turn an iPad mini into a portable meeting station. Camera, microphone, light, hub, battery. While designing it I realized the hardware was solving a different problem. When agents run for days without me, the laptop is only an interface, and meetings become the last place where I am still the integration layer. A physical agent harness is the edge node that captures human conversation and hands it to the architecture as an event, so the work continues after I hang up.
Sep 14, 2026
Prompting the ArchitectureKeeping agents active is not the same as keeping them productive. Notes from long running sessions on what carries the work once I stop directing it: tickets as coordination objects, monitors for reactivity, loops for initiative, an accountability ledger, adversarial review, and an interface whose primary object is the work rather than the conversation.
Sep 11, 2026
Outbound EngineeringMost cold email fails before anyone reads it. This is a plain-language tour of outbound as one machine instead of a pile of tools: a warmed-up sending domain kept away from your main one, a prospect list where every address comes with its evidence, campaigns run as experiments against real Gmail and Outlook, follow-ups that react to what people do, and a handoff that gets a warm lead to a human in under a minute.
Sep 8, 2026
Proof Used to Be ExpensiveAlmost everything you believe, you believe because faking it would have been too much work. That foundation just expired. A first principles look, written with Jesús Carlos Acosta Rocha, at why detectors cannot fix it, why feeds stop being worth checking, why the screen is disappearing into sensors, what keeps its value, and what would prove us wrong.
Aug 24, 2026

arXiv:2608.16112Strategic Technical DebtWhat is one more unit of technical debt worth today, if the venture may not live long enough to repay it?Read on arXiv →
Strategic Technical Debt — ship fast today, take on debt, repay only if the hypothesis survivescs.SEComputer Science · Software Engineering

Notion to SiteSync any Notion database to markdown, MDX, or JSON. One command. All block types.
Airtable MCPAirtable integration for AI-powered applications via Anthropic's Model Context Protocol (MCP)
Airtable AI Agent🤖 The most comprehensive AI Agent for Airtable operations - Natural language interface with 33 MCP tools, complete API knowledge, and production-ready deployment
Twilio SMS TrackerOpen-source customer communication management system designed for dealerships and service businesses. It provides real-time tracking of SMS communications, delivery monitoring, and feedback collection automation.
Supply Chain Risk PlatformA comprehensive supply chain risk assessment platform that provides real-time monitoring and analysis across multiple risk dimensions including weather, port congestion, foreign exchange rates, and supplier reliability.
Enterprise Analytics HubA comprehensive solution for managing and analyzing insurance claims data. The application provides dashboards, reports, and analytics tools for tracking agreements, claims, and dealer performance.

Notion to Site
No-code ToolsNotion to SiteSync any Notion database to markdown, MDX, or JSON. One command. All block types.Read case study →

affihub.comAffiliate program infrastructure for SaaS and brands. First-party tracking, automated commissions, and Stripe Connect payouts.
vaiven.aiAI media monitoring for LATAM communications teams. Tracks thousands of Spanish-language outlets with sentiment analysis and daily synthesis.
crawlio.appmacOS AI crawler with a built-in MCP server. Clones sites locally for offline use, agent integration, and 19 audit analyzers.
ayudalocal.comWhatsApp-first home services marketplace for Mexico. Matches customers with vetted providers and handles payments through Stripe Connect.
cotizera.comMobile quoting and deal tracking for LATAM SMBs. Branded PDF generation, WhatsApp delivery, and a Kanban pipeline from quote to won.
mentu.aiLocal-first composable AI workflows that improve every time they run.

Rethinking How We Think with AI
Towards the SingularityRethinking How We Think with AIA pursuit of individuation in the shared space between humans and machines. A book about thinking about thinking: how a mind takes form through structure, keeps its continuity through memory, and changes through what it notices in conversation with a machine.Read book →

Introducing Crawlio

Built a COVID-19 Testing Platform for 1M+ Users
Healthcare Ops · 2021–2022A COVID-19 Testing Platform for 1M+ UsersHelped a Spanish laboratory scale from 1,000 to 100,000+ COVID-19 tests per month across Latin America.Read case study →

On Psychology

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Rethinking How We Understand PeopleFrom Gut Feelings to Contextual Intelligence There was a time when baseball teams chose players the way most companies still build teams today: by gut. Scouts would watch a player swing a bat or throw a pitch and evaluate them based on a set of unspoken heuristics: “He’s got a strong arm,” “He moves like a natural,” “He looks like a winner.” These judgments were built on experience, but they we...
Apr 2025
Risk of being misunderstoodThe risk of not being transparent lies in the inevitability of being misunderstood. Imagine a scenario where you are smoking weed while living with someone, yet you hide this from them. Without the clarity of cause and effect, without revealing that key part of yourself, misunderstandings start to form. Cannabis, for instance, can affect people differently depending on the strain—Indica, Sativa...
Sep 2024
Growth Through Mutual ReflectionWhen two people connect, they naturally reveal parts of each other that might otherwise remain hidden. This process isn’t always easy, as it often brings us face-to-face with aspects of ourselves we might prefer to ignore. Yet, through this connection, we begin to heal and grow in ways we couldn’t achieve on our own.
Sep 2024
Always be Prepared to Walk AwayDo you prefer an audio version? Click here→
Sep 2024
Leap of faithIt’s about those willing to bet it all, not knowing if it’ll fail. It’s about the courage to roll the dice, fully aware that losing is a possibility. At the end of the day, we must prepare for the chance that nothing will work out, yet still, we move forward. It isn’t about expecting failure but about embracing the unknown. It’s about understanding that real growth and connection come from taki...
Aug 2024