Notes from the work

Essays.

What I learn from building software, helping teams understand each other and deciding what deserves our time.

2 November 20263 min read

Revising an Architecture I Designed

What rebuilding part of my own microservices application taught me about engineering responsibility, migration costs, and professional trust.

29 October 20263 min read

AI can make a task faster. The value depends on who receives the time saved and what the company enables them to do with it.

22 October 20263 min read

What coaching a competitive programming team taught me about explaining ideas, sharing context, and helping strong people work independently.

15 October 20263 min read

A startup competition creates opportunities. Teams still need a way to use them. My view of support after the final, informed by StartLab.

8 October 20264 min read

Personal taste, thoughtful details, and shared credit: why I want to understand my own choices and return to the things I have made.