Journal
Writing about software decisions that age well, and the systems that don’t.
AI still buys speed, but the bigger risk is building important workflows on top of externally governed capability whose economics can change underneath you.
The next era of excellence will not be defined by faster tools. It will be defined by stronger judgment. Clearer ownership. Better restraint. More finishing.
Investigative report on vibe coding, hype-driven development, and the next technical debt crisis.
Why premature complexity quietly kills momentum in early-stage products, and how simpler systems help founders and small teams ship durable software.
Why microservices are usually an organizational scaling tool, not an early technical necessity, and why early-stage products often pay the distributed-systems tax too soon.