The Software Life • May 03, 2026 Software Is Infrastructure — A Lesson Hiding in Plain Sight Here's the thing about infrastructure. You don't notice it when it works. You only notice it when it breaks.
Artificial Intelligence • May 02, 2026 Offices are the Best AI Strategy People most comfortable learning to use AI almost always learn it from others. Those feeling behind are trying to figure it out alone.
Artificial Intelligence • May 01, 2026 “Hours Saved” Is a Trap: How to Actually Measure AI ROI 97% of enterprises deployed AI. Only 29% see ROI. The gap isn't technology but measurement. Here's what to track instead.
Artificial Intelligence • Apr 23, 2026 Using AI to Launch a Product: Shipping It, Sharing It, and What Happened Next If there is one thing I hope my posts reinforce, it is this: AI does not replace product thinking. It amplifies it.
Artificial Intelligence • Apr 22, 2026 Using AI to Launch a Product: From Wireframes to a Working Prototype (Without Writing Production Code) I took an idea for a game from paper to a working prototype quickly with AI. I couldn't have built this efficiently a few years ago.
Artificial Intelligence • Apr 21, 2026 Using AI to Launch a Product: It Takes More Than a Day I genuinely enjoy AI product development videos. They’re motivating. But each time, I ask myself: is it actually a product… or just a demo?
Artificial Intelligence • Apr 19, 2026 The Increasing Value of Curiosity in the Age of AI Curiosity has always been valuable. Right now, in the age of AI, it's becoming the single most important trait a leader can cultivate.
Artificial Intelligence • Apr 17, 2026 Software Engineering Is Not Dead AI was supposed to make software engineers obsolete. I've seen the opposite: the technical people improved dramatically more.
Development Practices • Apr 16, 2026 K3s: A Better Way to Deploy a Docker App to a Linux Server K3s is easy to deploy. It has a great installer, and it's fully compatible with the entire Kubernetes ecosystem of tooling.
DevOps & System Admin. • Apr 15, 2026 A Webserver and a Slack Bot on OpenBSD: Introducing relayd I set up a Slack bot on my OpenBSD server. When I needed to route traffic to it, I needed to use a new tool in the OpenBSD toolbox: relayd.
Product Development • Apr 14, 2026 Shipping Faster Doesn’t Necessarily Mean Learning Faster Shipping quickly can be a powerful way to learn if teams define what they’re trying to learn and make time to reflect on the results.
Artificial Intelligence • Apr 10, 2026 How to Build a HIPAA-Compliant AI Contact Center Without Exposing PHI Vendors might promise "HIPAA‑compliant AI" to deflect calls, summarize visits, and answer questions. Before you sign a contract, read this.
