Notes
Things I have learned by building them.
Longer thoughts on practical AI, product decisions, engineering leadership and the occasionally untidy work of building a company.
01ProductThe AI is not the productWhy extraction is only one step, and the surrounding workflow is where dependable business software gets built.02AI-assisted deliveryOne person can build a serious product nowWhat changes when a founder can direct coding agents, and what stubbornly remains the founder’s responsibility.03Product strategySmall businesses do not want workflow buildersThe case for starting with a finished operational workflow instead of giving every customer a blank canvas.04LeadershipYour first 90 days as an engineering managerThe early mistakes that feel productive, the identity shift underneath them, and a more useful way to begin.05Founder journeyFrom leading multiple teams to building one productWhat engineering leadership prepared me for, what it did not, and why founding does not feel like starting from zero.
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