Mar 8, 2024 - 8 minute read

Next-Level Information Systems

In the ever-evolving landscape of technology, the quest for efficiency and clarity in the ocean of data we navigate daily has led to the development of sophisticated information systems. From the rudimentary to the revolutionary, these systems serve as the backbone of our digital society, empowering users to distill complexity into actionable insights. Embark on a journey with me through the tiers of information systems, exploring how they transform chaos into structure and ignorance into understanding.

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.