Writing

Field notes from a senior studio.

Notes on shipping production AI, the two-week MVP, data engineering, and the stack we build on.

How we turned an undocumented Java codebase into something you can query — the data pipeline behind Codolith.

The distance between a working agent demo and one you'd put in front of customers is all engineering. Here's what closes it.

A boring stack ships faster than a clever one. Why we standardize on a small set of proven tools.

Not every step needs a human, and not every step can go without one. A simple rule for where to put the gate.

The two-week MVP: how AI-accelerated delivery actually works