Feb 14, 2024 - 3 minute read

AI - Prompting for Structured Data

AI LLMs are very powerful. They can be used to generate text, code, and even structured data. In this post, I’ll show you how I use LLMs and prompt engineering techniques to generate structured data for powering applications to deliver a consistent experience.

Nov 15, 2023 - 7 minute read

What Took Breezy from $0 to $250K ARR: Owning the Manual Workflow

Nine months. $0 to $250K+ ARR. Sole Founding Engineer. The company was Breezy — a SaaS for HVAC service businesses. I owned the product, the architecture, and the keyboard. People assume the lesson from a run like that is about speed, stack choices, or hustle. It wasn’t. The thing that worked was almost embarrassingly unglamorous: we locked in on the painful manual workflows that nobody had bothered to codify, and we built those exceptionally well. Everything else followed from that one decision.

Sep 2, 2022 - 7 minute read

Don't Wear Too Many Hats

There are 24 hours in a day. That’s one of the universal constraints that exists for everyone no matter how gifted, talented, or hard-working. How can an engineering leader deliver consistently high-quality work within the natural constraint of time? Focus. That’s how. How can a leader focus, when they have many, many different job responsibilities? Read on to find out.

Aug 16, 2022 - 6 minute read

The Cushy Job of an Engineering Leader

What does an engineering lead/manager actually do? Is it all just fake work to make a nicely colored calendar? Is it a cushy and lucrative gig? Are they overworked? Or perhaps it’s just the right amount of responsibility? Here’s an inside scoop on what engineering leaders are actually doing. (Spoiler alert: …never mind, I don’t want to spoil it… you’ll have to read the post). Read on to find out: