Insights
Operational thinking
Notes on operational debt, structural capability, and building permanent engineering organizations.
Building the Kavemen ERP: How I Used AI to Orchestrate My Own Bespoke E-Commerce System
How I built a bespoke Kavemen ERP stack with AI agents, Directus, Vendure, and a tactile-noir storefront without recurring SaaS overhead.
Notes from the Back Row: What Happens When a Builder Finally Stops Needing Permission
From 16 years bridging teams to shipping solo: notes after Cursor Colombo, context with agents, Debug Mode, Bugbot, sponsors on stage, and a 90-day filter for tools.
I Built a Startup Resource Hub With 157 Programs in 7 Days
The 7-day build story. Research with Gemini, architecture with Claude, deployment with Cursor. What worked and what broke.
Why I Left WordPress After 15 Years
Plugin hell, theme bloat, PHP in 2026, and the modern stack I moved to. A practical migration story.
How I Hire and Manage Teams Across 9 Countries
Screening 2,000 developers, managing 12 time zones, paying across borders, and what happens when it goes wrong.
The Checklist I Wish Every Developer Used Before Shipping a Website
SEO, migration, project setup, marketing, and free tools. The complete launch checklist from 16 years of shipping websites.