Archive - The Friction Layer

I Ran a Gas Station for a Year. It Does Not Exist.

What any engineer in industrial operations can build right now, and where to start.

Aug 24

June 2026

The Friction Layer's Small modular reactors in the U.S. industrial corridor

The reactor industry spent forty years building cathedrals. The next decade is about building appliances — and the buyers won't be utilities.

Jun 2 • Marty Dytrych

April 2026

How to Talk to AI Like a Designer

The vocabulary industrial folks need to make AI tools — Claude, Gamma, Manus AI, Perplexity — stop producing slop.

Apr 30 • Marty Dytrych

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