Notes

Thinking out loud

Short posts on AI, product thinking, and how I build systems to work better. No newsletter. No algorithm. Just useful ideas.

AI
I Let AI Build Two Apps. Here's What Actually Happened.
Two experiments in vibe coding — one simple, one complex. Here's what broke, what I had to fix myself, and what it means for developers and teams working alongside AI.
4 min read
Systems
My Son Needed a Closet. I Ran a Full Product Cycle.
How building a closet from scratch — with an ROI decision, AI-assisted planning, mid-build pivots, and a stakeholder pilot — turned out to be pure PM thinking.
4 min read
AI
Four Skills to Work with AI Without Losing Your Mind
Most AI content teaches you the tool. These four skills teach you how to protect your thinking — and why that matters more than any prompt technique.
3 min read
AI
Building With AI Agents — I Stay in Control
I replaced WordPress with GitHub Pages and a pipeline of AI agents. Each handles one stage. I review, approve, and commit manually. Here's the workflow.
3 min read
AI
How I Think About AI Tooling
Five layers of AI tooling, from vibe coding to autonomous agents. How I decide which one to use — and how much of the work to hand off.
4 min read
Personal
Why I write
Not for a brand. Writing is how I find out what I actually know — and how I want to be remembered.
3 min read
Career
Your GPA won't get you the job. Your GitHub might.
20 years in enterprise software taught me what I actually look for in a developer. It's not the degree — and in the agent era, it's not even just the code.
7 min read
AI
How I use Claude + Notion to run my week without losing my mind
Meeting notes, backlog discovery, product specs — three workflows that compress the distance between raw signal and something I can actually ship.
4 min read
AI
The Cockpit Rule: a framework for knowing when to let AI fly
Not every task needs the same level of AI involvement. Here's the mental model I use to decide when to delegate, collaborate, or stay manual.
5 min read