Archive - The Friction Layer

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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