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Field notes on building software with AI.

Engineering leadership, platform modernization, and what changes when models join the team.

May 12, 2026 4 min read

What 35% Faster Actually Looks Like

Putting Claude, Cursor, and Copilot in front of 50 engineers didn't make us faster on day one. The number came later — and it came from changing how we work, not what we type.

AI
Engineering Leadership
Developer Productivity

Mar 18, 2026 4 min read

Modernizing the Monolith Without Stopping the Line

Three times now I've led a platform through a generational rewrite — Objective-C to Swift, monolith to microservices — while it kept serving millions of users. The rule that made it survivable: you are never allowed to stop shipping.

Architecture
Modernization
Mobile

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What 35% Faster Actually Looks Like

Modernizing the Monolith Without Stopping the Line