About David

I'm David Klippel. I've spent 23 years in automation and machine learning, and I founded two companies: dbexpertAI, which diagnoses databases on its own without a human watching, and Winnow, which produces content with a human approval gate. On the side, I write and make videos about what I see from inside this work.

Most of my day is spent wiring up AI that takes real actions on real systems. That gives me a view that a lot of commentary doesn't have: what these tools actually do, where they fall over, and what that means for the rest of us.

Why I write this

The people explaining AI to the public mostly aren't building it. The people building it mostly aren't explaining it. I sit in the middle, and I think that's a useful place to write from.

When I say "AI can now do this" — it's because I've built the thing, or something very close to it. When I say "this part is still broken" — same reason. I'd rather tell you what I actually see than sell you a version of the future that's easier to market.

The world's changing faster than most people realize, and some of that change is good and some of it is hard. Jobs shift. Skills get more valuable or less valuable. I don't think panic helps and I don't think cheerleading helps either. What helps is knowing what's real, what's coming, and what you can do about it.

What you'll find here

• Plain-language walkthroughs of what AI can actually do right now
• Honest takes on how specific jobs change — lawyers, accountants, marketers, managers
• The skills that get more valuable as AI handles the routine stuff
• How-tos for non-coders who want to put AI to work this week
• A weekly newsletter with the same stuff, in your inbox

What you won't find here

• Hype, doom, or predictions dressed up as certainty
• Commentary on headlines I haven't actually tested
• Pitches for dbexpertAI or Winnow — they're what I build, not what this site is about