Why Async Communication Beats Meetings (Almost Always)
Most meetings are waste disguised as work. The information could have been an email. Teams that default to async outperform teams that fill calendars with meetings....
When AI Coding Actually Helps: Patterns That Work
AI coding tools made experienced developers 19% slower in METR's study. But clear patterns emerge for when they help: unfamiliar territory, boilerplate, documentation, and exploration....
Grace Hopper's Nanosecond: The Wire That Explains Everything
Grace Hopper's famous nanosecond wire demonstration—and why understanding physical constraints still matters for every system we build today....
Open Source Isn't Free
Open source software has a price tag of $0 and a total cost of ownership that can dwarf commercial alternatives. The 'free' in free software refers to freedom, not cost....
Why a Priced Round is "Safer" Than a SAFE
Despite the comforting acronym, a SAFE is often anything but safe for a founder. Learn why priced rounds offer better protection for your cap table....
Code Review That Actually Works
Only 15% of code review comments relate to bugs. Here's how to make the other 85% of review time count: size limits, SLAs, automation, and focused feedback....
AI Hallucinations in the Enterprise: The 4.3-Hour Weekly Tax
Knowledge workers spend 4.3 hours per week fact-checking AI outputs. 47% of enterprise users made major decisions based on hallucinated content. The costs are mounting....
Domain-Specific ASR: Why General Models Fail in the Real World
Legal terminology, manufacturing jargon, call center scripts - each requires specialized training. The myth of 'one model to rule them all.'...
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. Patterns that repeat across failed companies....
The Dot-Com Crash From Inside
First-person account of running Core Logic Software during the 2000-2002 dot-com crash. When the NASDAQ fell 78% and 4,854 internet companies died, what it looked like from inside the ecosystem....
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. A contrarian take from 30 years of database work....
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