Notes from the build pipeline.
Short essays on automations, AI agents, and the boring infrastructure that quietly makes them work. Written from active projects — never from the sideline.
01 — contractsStop stitching SaaS. Start owning the contract.
Eleven tools, four sources of truth, and one very tired ops lead. How to consolidate without rewriting everything from scratch.
02 — agentsAgents, without the hype.
What an AI agent actually is, what it isn't, and the four-line loop that explains 90 percent of the systems being shipped right now.
03 — workflowsn8n in production: the boring playbook.
Queue mode, environment hygiene, and the small ergonomics that turn a clever automation into a system you can hand off.
04 — schemasType-safe edges, untyped middles.
Why I validate at the boundaries and trust the middle. The pragmatic case for arktype/zod schemas where they actually pay rent.
05 — scrubScrub, don't stream: the case for frame-by-frame video on the web.
Video tags are great. Sometimes they're wrong. A look at when extracting frames is the right answer for cinematic landing pages.
06 — promptsSmall models, big prompts: the operator's edge.
Most agent demos use the largest available model. In production the right move is usually the opposite — and a much sharper prompt.
07 — repoThe quiet monorepo.
Monorepos don't have to be loud. A minimal Turbo setup that keeps day-one DX while giving you week-fifty leverage.
08 — tokensDesign tokens that actually stick.
Every team has tokens. Few keep them. The smallest amount of process that keeps the system from drifting.
09 — postmortemPostmortems are a feature.
What three years of writing postmortems at a 3PL taught me about reliability — and why your incident notes belong in the codebase.
10 — pivotFrom PT to platforms.
How a Cum Laude in Physical Therapy ended up running a 3PL platform. A career-pivot piece for the rest of us.