Honest notes on building products, leading teams, and tinkering with new ideas.
From 1960s sports cars to AI-generated art, the relentless pursuit of measurable efficiency is stripping beauty from the things we make. An exploration of what we lose when optimization becomes the only goal.
A strategic guide for CPOs and CTOs on distinguishing signal from noise—from email open rates to lines of code to inflation metrics. Why the numbers on your dashboard might be lying to you.
Small builds compound into extraordinary capability. Why the best engineers aren't built through moonshots, but through hundreds of day-long projects that create knowledge, artifacts, and instinct over time.
As AI accelerates code generation, the real competitive advantage shifts to problem decomposition and component architecture. How CPOs and CTOs can harness AI without drowning in technical debt.
As open-weight models close the capability gap, API providers face a strategic inflection point. Are companies like Anthropic becoming luxury brands—essential for some use cases, but increasingly unnecessary for many others?
How do you build products when what's possible is improving daily? A framework for product leaders navigating rapid AI capability improvements—from layered architectures to capability-threshold roadmaps.
A strategic and technical exploration of why this moment uniquely positions legacy enterprises to leverage AI — not despite their systems, but because of them. For CPOs and CTOs navigating transformation.
No spam. No fluff. Just honest reflections on building products, leading teams, and staying curious.