start here · curated reading paths

Where to begin

I write about the intersection of engineering leadership, platform strategy, enterprise AI, and hands-on software building. Here is where to start depending on why you showed up.

For engineering leaders

Leading teams, creating clarity, and navigating change — without pretending every tool is magic.

5 essays · 66 min

01May 8, 2026
Building Cloud From Zero: Five Decisions That Compounded and Three I’d Redo
cloud-strategy · platform-engineering · engineering-leadership
15 min
02April 30, 2026
Spec, Standards, Specialists: How I Actually Build with AI
ai-coding · engineering-leadership · claude-code
25 min
03April 15, 2026
The Agentic SDLC: Uniting the AI Tool Sprawl
ai-strategy · ai-coding · ai-sdlc
17 min
04March 22, 2026
Strip the Assumptions: What Enterprise AI Adoption Actually Is
ai · engineering · leadership
5 min
05March 15, 2026
Yesterday's Feature Is Today's Bug
leadership · software-engineering · principles
4 min

For builders experimenting with AI

The hands-on side of AI-assisted development, local models, and modern software workflows.

5 essays · 80 min

For platform and cloud leaders

Platform engineering, DevOps operating models, developer experience, and the guardrails that actually ship.

5 essays · 49 min

For people who want to understand how I lead

How I think about work, teams, and staying close to the craft when AI is the new collaborator and the craft keeps shifting underneath us.

5 essays · 9 min