Hamish
Woodrow
I study how data moves the physical world — freight, energy, and the signals that reveal what's coming before the headlines do.
Why does my AI ship features I can break in two minutes?
My AI kept shipping features I could break in two minutes. So over a weekend I built it an adversarial review council — three anonymous frontier models that tear every plan apart while I sleep — and found the interesting part wasn't the council at all.
Too Lazy to Run, but Enough Time to Build a Fitness Agent
A hack project that turned into something more useful than anything I could buy. Building a fitness agent — one of my claws — that lives in Telegram, reads my Apple Watch, and actually gets me logging.
OpenClaw + Nemoclaw : a nae bad start
Here's what two weeks with OpenClaw actually looks like in the wild.
Another Week That Reset How I Build
Every other week feels like going back to primary school and re-learning how to count. A blog post on Claude Code reset how I build — and named something I keep feeling about this moment in AI tools.
The Age of the Mixtape
Frustrated by narrow news feeds, I built my own personalised morning podcast with Claude — pulling from RSS feeds I actually care about, summarised and converted to audio by 6am. What surprised me wasn't the build. It was what building it made me think about.
Why I'm Starting to Write Here
A brief note on why I'm building this space — and what I hope to share beyond the quarterly reports and industry deep-dives.
Engineering to Data Science: A Life of Forecasting — and How I Miss Physics
Five years as a Petroleum Engineer taught me to forecast with physics as a guide. Moving into data science and ecommerce demand forecasting, I found that guide had vanished — and I felt its absence more than I expected.
Q1 2025 Motive Economic Outlook Report
A forward-looking assessment of freight market conditions, economic headwinds, and what fleet operators should watch heading into Q1 2025.
Read at Motive ↗Navigating the Peak Freight Season
A holiday outlook report examining freight demand patterns, capacity shifts, and strategic guidance for carriers managing surge periods.
Read at Trucking Dive ↗Bucking the Trend: Mexico's Trucking Growth Amid Global Trade Shifts
A data-driven look at how nearshoring and shifting trade policy are reshaping freight flows in and out of Mexico.
Read at Motive ↗The Long-Term Impact of the Baltimore Bridge Collapse on Supply Chains
Analysing the supply chain ripple effects of the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse using real-time freight and routing data.
Read at Motive ↗Trump Tariffs Anxiety Hits Peak as Chinese Freight Market Crashes to Two-Decade Low
Quoted on trucking visits to North American distribution facilities for top US retailers hitting "unprecedented" levels amid tariff-driven supply chain shifts.
Motive's Q1 2025 Economic Outlook Report with Hamish Woodrow
Interview on the Q1 2025 Motive Economic Outlook — covering freight market conditions, retail restocking trends, and the macro signals shaping the year ahead.
Motive's Holiday Outlook and Peak Season Predictions with Hamish Woodrow
Holiday outlook interview covering peak freight season predictions, retail inventory build, and what Motive data suggested for carrier capacity heading into Q4.
U.S.-Mexico Cross-Border Trucking Traffic Hits a Record Ahead of Election
Quoted on cross-border trucking traffic peaking in October 2024 — driven by nearshoring and USMCA — and why Mexico could remain the US' top trade partner until at least 2030.
New Lifesaving Auto Tech and the 10 Highest Collision Roads in the US
Quoted on autonomous safety technology and its intersection with data on high-risk roadways across the United States.
In U.S. Trade War with China, Mexico Is Emerging as the Big Winner
Quoted on nearshoring-driven freight flows and the prospect of Mexico surpassing China as the top source of US imports.
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