Journal

Notes on shipping AI features, backend architecture and product design.

1. 2026-06-14

   Evals before features: what we ship before an agent goes live

   The checklist we run on every LLM feature — golden sets, cost ceilings, fallback paths.

   AI
2. 2026-05-02

   Aggregating metrics at the database level, and why the dashboard got 40× faster

   A rewrite story from Sales Simulator: moving analytics out of the app layer.

   Backend
3. 2026-03-21

   A design system for a team of three

   How much system you actually need when the whole team fits in one call.

   Design
4. 2026-02-08

   Why we stopped writing estimates before architecture

   The two-week definition phase that made our delivery dates believable.

   Studio

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