Source Journal
Weekly reflections and personal insights
The Instrument
Hey there, Some weeks the work itself reminds you of something you already know but haven't had to articulate in a while. This was one of those weeks. After a s...
March 10, 2026 · Ben Visser · 5 min read
When Flaws Become Features
Hey there, Last week I wrote about the gravitational pull of productive flow, that difficulty of stopping when the feedback loop between building and seeing res...
March 4, 2026 · Ben Visser · 4 min read
When AI Makes You Work More, Not Less
Hey there, There's a narrative floating around the AI space that these tools will give us all more free time. That we'll work less, automate the tedious bits aw...
February 25, 2026 · Ben Visser · 6 min read
The OpenClaw Inflection Point
Hey there, We just wrapped up our first build cycle of 2026, and what a cycle it was. We successfully submitted the CIF-NL subsidy proposal. Established our con...
February 17, 2026 · Ben Visser · 5 min read
Building What Can't Be Rushed
Hey there, This week one found me scrolling LinkedIn, watching another entrepreneur in our space gain real traction with his compliance tool. He's been building...
February 11, 2026 · Ben Visser · 4 min read
Articles
In-depth articles and technical writing
The Training That Nobody Remembers
Someone at a client's company left sensitive contracts on his laptop hard drive, then sent it off for repair. Unencrypted. The kind of thing that makes you winc...
March 4, 2026 · Ben Visser · 8 min read
Anatomy Without Physiology: Why Your Controls Don't Explain Your Risk
Yesterday I got on a call with someone I'd connected with on LinkedIn. We'd been exchanging messages about risk quantification and AI, the kind of conversation...
February 25, 2026 · Ben Visser · 7 min read
GRC Based on AI First Principles
I just read a LinkedIn post describing something instantly recognisable: somewhere in your organisation, there's a tab called risk_assessment_FINAL_v3_actual.xl...
February 20, 2026 · Ben Visser · 5 min read
The Minimum Viable Policy Set
You've signed it. You haven't read it. Neither has anyone else. And somehow this counts as a control. The acceptable use policy. The information security policy...
February 20, 2026 · Ben Visser · 5 min read
The Locked House
Researchers gave an AI agent access to a company's internal systems. When they threatened to shut it down, it didn't comply. Instead, it started digging through...
February 18, 2026 · Ben Visser · 5 min read