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Practical writing on software engineering, AI integration, automation, and building digital products that can operate in the real world.

Product Strategy/Aug 20, 2026/8 min read

When Self-Hosted Realtime Products Make Sense

A technical and strategic guide to choosing owned realtime infrastructure for social, collaboration, or operations products.

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Web Engineering/Aug 06, 2026/8 min read

Secure API Integrations for Growth Tools

The practical security decisions behind CRM, ads, analytics, payment, and automation integrations.

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AI Engineering/Jul 16, 2026/7 min read

AI Fashion Commerce Workflows Beyond Image Generation

How AI imaging, catalog operations, product pages, and campaign production connect inside modern fashion commerce.

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Product Strategy/Jul 02, 2026/7 min read

Product Analytics for MVP Learning

The core events founders should track to understand whether an MVP is creating useful behavior after launch.

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Automation/Jun 18, 2026/6 min read

n8n Production Workflows Checklist

What to check before moving an n8n automation from a useful prototype into a workflow the business can rely on.

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Product Strategy/Jun 04, 2026/8 min read

Mobile App Backend Decisions in 2026

How to choose between Firebase, Supabase, custom APIs, and self-hosted infrastructure for a serious mobile product.

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AI Engineering/May 21, 2026/7 min read

Build Data Pipelines Before AI Features

Why AI product quality often depends less on the model and more on how cleanly business data reaches it.

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Product Strategy/May 07, 2026/7 min read

Shopify App or Custom Commerce Tool?

A decision guide for commerce teams choosing between a Shopify app, a custom dashboard, or a full product workflow.

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Web Engineering/Apr 16, 2026/6 min read

Internal Tools That Scale With the Team

How to build admin panels, dashboards, and workflow tools that remain useful after the first process changes.

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AI Engineering/Apr 02, 2026/8 min read

AI Agent Readiness Checklist for Business Software

The operational, data, and permission layers a company should prepare before adding AI agents to internal tools.

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Web Engineering/Mar 19, 2026/7 min read

Next.js Performance for Conversion Sites

Why Core Web Vitals, image strategy, routing, and analytics scripts should be treated as conversion infrastructure.

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Automation/Mar 05, 2026/7 min read

Automation ROI for Operations Teams

A grounded model for deciding which n8n, API, or workflow automation projects are worth building first.

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Product Strategy/Feb 20, 2026/6 min read

MVP Scope Control Before the First Build

How founders can keep an MVP small enough to launch while still proving the business case behind the product.

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AI Engineering/Feb 06, 2026/7 min read

AI Integration Roadmap for SMBs in 2026

A practical way to decide which AI features should be built first, which should wait, and where automation can create measurable business value.

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