The Series A Trap
Series A funding often kills more companies than it saves. The pressure to scale before ready destroys sustainable businesses....
The 10 Architecture Decisions That Kill Startups
The architecture mistakes that kill startups: premature microservices, wrong database choices, god objects, missing observability, and more....
The Dot-Com Crash From Inside
First-person account of running Core Logic Software during the 2000-2002 dot-com crash....
The USS Missouri's First Drone Surrender
During the Gulf War, Iraqi troops surrendered to the USS Missouri's Pioneer UAV - the first surrender to a drone in history....
Why I Never Use ORMs
ORMs hide the database until they don't, create performance traps, and solve the wrong problem. SQL is the better abstraction....
Why AI Wrappers Are the New Dropshipping
The AI wrapper economy mirrors dropshipping: low barriers to entry, no moat, platform dependency....
Most Security Breaches Don't Matter
The security industry profits from fear. Most breaches have minimal impact while companies overspend on exotic threats....
The Technical Due Diligence Checklist
A comprehensive checklist for evaluating startup technology: architecture, code quality, infrastructure, team, and security....
Small Language Models Will Eat Enterprise AI
Gartner predicts task-specific AI models will be used 3x more than general-purpose LLMs by 2027. Why latency, cost, and privacy push enterprises toward SLMs....
The Local-First Renaissance
Local-first software puts your data on your device first. The cloud becomes optional....
The Senior Engineer Plateau
Only 10-15% of engineers reach Staff level. Why the senior-to-staff jump is the hardest career transition in software....
Every Dependency Is Technical Debt
Every dependency you add is a future liability. Why your package.json is technical debt waiting to compound....
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