Writing
Things I've worked out by writing them down.
- Envelopes
A simple budgeting tool I built to share retirement scenarios without a backend.
- Embedding Platform Engineers
Choosing between embedding platform engineers or having a central platform team is a false binary.
- AWS hosting made easy
A hobby project built in one evening on AWS Lambda, DynamoDB, and EventBridge for under $1/month. Full local dev parity via LocalStack and Docker Compose, with Pulumi infrastructure written by Claude Code.
- AI Native Installer
A friend wanted a blog like mine. Instead of writing them a guide, I gave them the infrastructure and an AI to install it for them.
- Will AI make me redundant?
If you can build software in a day, are our jobs going away? Not if you can get people to use your software.
- Lead Like You're Leaving
The best delivery leading I've ever done happened when I was on my way out, and delegating stuff properly.
- Meetings Mean Misalignment
If your goals are aligned, you'd be working synchronously together and not waiting on a meeting.
- TDD Vibe Coding in 2025
Use plans and TDD to write 1000+ lines of code per day without burning credits or losing your mind.
- AI Is a Bridge
AI won't make work less laborious. We'll just do more. But will we stay in control and still make beautiful things for each other?
- Engineer-Led
The smartest person in the room is often the bottleneck. That was me, and it took burning out to see that stepping back can be stepping up.
- A Plan Is A Guess
Like a weather forecast, hold your plan loosely and reforecast often.
- The Troublemaker
When you join a team, you can diagnose their problems quickly. The mistake is assuming you should immediately fix them.