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Things I'm building, learning, seeing
Engineering Paradox: Less engineers but more job posts
LLMs are killing engineering and it's nothing new - you just haven't noticed yet.
Build Momentum, Don't Buy It
PMF companies raise money to support growth that already exists, not to create it—they're being pulled by market demand, not spending to generate it.
The Forward Deployed Engineer Playbook
Embedding engineers in enterprise sales cycles lets startups ship working prototypes during negotiation instead of after contract signing, collapsing deal timelines and changing how products get built.
I Built a System to Stop Re-Prompting My AI
I stopped re-prompting my AI agents and started giving them playbooks.
Commitment, Speed, Reps
The three skills that beat abstract strategy in early-stage execution.
Don't Hire, Automate
What I'm seeing founders do instead of hiring — and the guardrail most of them skip.
Default Alive Is a Strategic Weapon
The best YC advice I ever got wasn't about growth. It was about not needing anyone's money.
Falling Off the VC Track
What happens when you're profitable, capped out, and stuck in the middle.
Founder Accountability Systems That Don't Waste Everyone's Time
Most accountability groups track activity, not outcomes. Better ones center on a singular goal, weekly experiments, and decisions made.
Founder Burnout Is Not a Personal Problem
Sprinting the entire marathon isn't heroic. It's irresponsible.
The Founder Life Design Playbook
Most founders never define success. They grow for the sake of growth, grind because they're told to, and wake up with a life they didn't choose.
From 14 AI Agents to Real Pipeline
AI agents can handle your non-revenue-driving outbound work, but only after you've earned the right to automate.
Hard Lessons Building on AI Runtime Infrastructure
What happens when the thing under your thing changes every week.
Preventing AI Slop in Your Writing
Better prompts won't save you. The guardrails around the model matter more than the input to it.
Retrofitted Founder Stories
Every founder success story is a sanitized version of what actually happened. Here's what the raw version looks like.
Revenue Is Not PMF
You can grind your way to $1M ARR. That doesn't mean anyone loves your product.
The 52 Bets Framework
You have 52 weeks in a year. Most founders waste half of them without realizing it.
The Sales Conversion of an Engineer Founder
Sales isn't pitching. It's listening. And it's the skill that unlocked everything else.
Why I Built Superclaw
What happens when you run multiple AI agents and can't see any of them.