The Friction Layer

How I’m building an AI-Native fundraising system for my daughter’s school

Connecting public-record research, an ontology, and AI agents to help a school find supporters, build relationships, and track fundraising from the…

Sep 6 • Marty Dytrych

August 2026

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

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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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