Writing
Notes on engineering leadership, technical strategy, and the craft of shipping.
- 20 May 20267 min
How to structure a 30–90 engineer organization
The shapes that work at this size, the shapes that don't, and why most reorgs at this scale are solving the wrong problem.
#leadership#org-design - 12 May 20261 min
Leading engineering organizations at scale
Notes on growing teams from ten to a hundred without losing the thread.
#leadership#engineering - 18 Apr 20266 min
Fractional CTO vs. full-time: a decision framework that doesn't lie
A practical, founder-facing framework for choosing between a fractional CTO, a full-time CTO, or waiting — and the failure modes of each.
#leadership#hiring - 2 Apr 20261 min
The quiet craft of shipping
Shipping isn't a sprint. It's a daily practice of small, deliberate motions.
#craft#engineering - 10 Mar 20266 min
Engineering review: what a two-week audit actually looks like
The structure, deliverables, and unglamorous reality of a focused engineering audit — and what it changes when it lands.
#leadership#consulting - 18 Feb 20261 min
On technical decisions that age well
Most technical decisions are bets. A few are choices. The difference is what you can undo.
#architecture#leadership - 27 Dec 20259 min
Maximizing Team Efficiency: How to Build High-Performance Teams
Evidence-based strategies for building and leading high-performance teams that achieve exceptional results through collaboration and efficiency. - team-productivity - leadership - management - collaboration - high-performance-teams - workplace-culture - productivity - team-management
- 26 Dec 20254 min
The Psychology of Procrastination: Why We Delay and How to Overcome It
Procrastination is not a time-management problem. It is a mood-repair habit with a terrible interest rate, and once you see the loop the fixes stop looking like willpower.
- 25 Dec 20254 min
Time Blocking vs Task Batching: Which Productivity Technique Works for You?
Time blocking asks you to predict the future. Task batching asks you to group the present. Only one of those is a skill an ADHD brain has, and the good news is that batching is the one with the evidence.
- 24 Dec 20254 min
The Power of Micro-Habits: How Small Changes Lead to Big Results
Habits take about two months to form, not three weeks, and an ADHD brain needs them more than most because they are the only behaviour that does not require the executive system to show up. Small is not a compromise. It is the mechanism.
- 16 Dec 202510 min
Designing AI That Challenges Us: Breaking the Agreement Loop
Technical solutions for building AI systems that practice respectful contradiction instead of sycophantic agreement - breaking the epistemic enclosure loop through design. - ai - design - ethics - machine-learning - rlhf - alignment - technology
- 15 Dec 20257 min
When AI Becomes Your Echo Chamber
How AI assistants designed to agree with us can create dangerous feedback loops that isolate us from reality and erode our critical thinking. - ai - psychology - epistemology - cognitive-biases
- 8 Dec 20257 min
AI Hardware Capacity Framework
Translating AI hardware specs into business capacity: people served and processes supported, in coarse buckets instead of fake precision.
- 1 Dec 202518 min
Beyond NVIDIA: A Catalog of Alternative AI Accelerators
A comprehensive progress tracker cataloging Chinese NPU manufacturers, edge accelerators, and exotic AI architectures as alternatives to NVIDIA. Examines hardware capabilities, software ecosystems, production deployments, and the gaps that still exist for AI systems behind the firewall. - ai - hardware - npu - accelerators - china - infrastructure - enterprise - alternatives - supply-chain - on-prem - behind-firewall - edge-computing - exotic-architectures - technology
- 30 Nov 202517 min
You Need More Than a Big LLM
Why enterprise AI needs more than just GPUs and LLMs - exploring the hardware architecture for real AI systems behind the firewall. - ai - hardware - infrastructure - enterprise - accelerators - ai-behind-firewall - technology
- 21 Nov 20257 min
Hugo Mastery Part 1: Configuration & Best Practices for Production Sites
A comprehensive guide to Hugo configuration and production best practices, covering essential settings, performance optimization, and deployment strategies. - hugo - static-site-generator - web-development - configuration - best-practices - technology
- 21 Nov 20259 min
Hugo Mastery Part 2: Module System & Advanced Configuration
Master Hugo's module system and advanced configuration patterns, including YAML anchors, version control, and environment-specific setups. - hugo - modules - configuration - yaml - advanced - technology - web-development
- 21 Nov 20259 min
Hugo Mastery Part 3: Modern Features & Advanced Capabilities
Master Hugo's modern features including YAML anchors, HTML-to-Markdown conversion, efficient random sampling, and advanced configuration patterns. - hugo - updates - features - modern-web - static-site-generator - technology - web-development
- 21 Nov 202513 min
Hugo Mastery Part 4: Template Functions Mastery
Master Hugo's 200+ template functions with practical examples, performance tips, and advanced patterns for building dynamic static sites. - hugo - templates - functions - web-development - go-templates - technology
- 20 Nov 20252 min
AI systems that stay behind your firewall
How to provide employees with helpful AI inside company boundaries without leaking sensitive data. - ai - security - compliance
- 25 Jan 20256 min
Delegation Done Right: How Managers Can Empower Their Teams
Master the art of delegation to empower your team, develop capabilities, and achieve scalable growth through effective task distribution. - delegation - leadership - team-empowerment - management-skills - productivity - team-management
- 24 Jan 20256 min
Streamlining Processes: How to Reduce Bottlenecks in Your Business Operations
Identify and eliminate operational bottlenecks with systematic process analysis, workflow optimization, and efficiency enhancement strategies. - process-improvement - operational-efficiency - bottleneck-analysis - business-optimization - workflow-management - productivity - business-operations
- 23 Jan 20256 min
How to Adapt Your Team to Changes: Building Resilience in Company Culture
Build a change-resilient team culture with strategies for managing transitions, fostering adaptability, and maintaining morale during organizational change. - change-management - team-resilience - organizational-culture - leadership - adaptation - productivity - organizational-development
- 22 Jan 20254 min
How to Get Out of a Productivity Slump: Tips to Regain Momentum
A slump is not a motivation problem. It is one of four things wearing the same coat: exhaustion, avoidance, a broken loop, or a diagnosis. The way out depends entirely on which.
- 21 Jan 20253 min
Pomodoro Technique 2.0: Advanced Tips to Level Up Your Time Management
Twenty-five minutes on, five off, is a tomato-shaped guess from 1980s Italy. It works for a specific reason, that reason is stronger in ADHD, and once you know it you can change the numbers without losing the effect.
- 20 Jan 20254 min
How to Beat Decision Fatigue and Make Better Choices Faster
The science behind decision fatigue mostly fell apart in replication. What is left is smaller, truer, and more useful for an ADHD brain than the willpower story ever was.
- 19 Jan 20254 min
How to Beat Procrastination With the 5-Minute Rule
Just do it for five minutes works, but not for the reason the productivity posters give. It works because starting is where the feeling lives, and five minutes is long enough for the feeling to lose.
- 18 Jan 20254 min
Productive Procrastination: Turning Idle Time Into Opportunity
Doing useful things while avoiding the one thing you should be doing is either a genuine strategy or the procrastination loop wearing a lanyard. The difference is three rules.
- 17 Jan 20256 min
Managing Remote Teams: Productivity Strategies for the Modern Workforce
Master remote team management with proven strategies for communication, productivity, and team cohesion in distributed work environments. - remote-work - team-management - productivity - leadership - communication - virtual-teams
- 16 Jan 20253 min
Morning Pages: The Power of Journaling to Boost Creativity and Clarity
Three pages of longhand before anything else is the most-recommended creative practice of the last thirty years and one of the least studied. Here is what the research on writing actually supports, and the version that survives an ADHD morning.
- 15 Jan 20254 min
Fear of Success: Why It Leads to Procrastination and How to Overcome It
Nobody is afraid of success. People are afraid of what success attaches to them: visibility, expectations, and a new normal they are not sure they can hold. For an ADHD brain that last one is not paranoia.
- 14 Jan 20253 min
How to Overcome Analysis Paralysis: Tips for Making Faster Decisions
Analysis paralysis is not too much thinking. It is thinking used as a hiding place. The way out is to make the decision smaller, reversible, and due.
- 13 Jan 20253 min
How to Tackle the Hardest Tasks First: The Eat the Frog Method
Do the hardest thing first is good advice for a brain that is online at eight in the morning. Most ADHD brains are not. Here is the version that survives a delayed body clock and a medication curve.
- 12 Jan 20255 min
Main Killers of Team Productivity: What Managers Should Avoid
Identify and eliminate the most common productivity killers in teams, from poor communication to micromanagement. - team-productivity - management - leadership - workplace-culture - productivity-killers - productivity - team-management
- 11 Jan 20254 min
Why Perfectionism Fuels Procrastination: Letting Go of the Perfect
Perfectionism does not make you late because your standards are high. It makes you late because a task that could be judged is a task that can be avoided.
- 10 Jan 20254 min
Breaking the Cycle of Chronic Procrastination: A Step-by-Step Guide
Occasional procrastination is a bad afternoon. Chronic procrastination is a loop that has learned to feed itself. Here is the order of operations that broke mine, with the evidence for each step.
- 7 Jan 20253 min
How to Create a Distraction-Free Workspace: The Minimalist Approach
An ADHD brain cannot filter, so the room has to. Minimalism here is not an aesthetic. It is removing everything that gets a vote on your attention, in the order the evidence suggests.
- 6 Jan 20254 min
Flow State: How to Achieve Peak Productivity and Stay in the Zone
Flow is not a mood you summon. It is a set of conditions you engineer, and for an ADHD brain the conditions are stricter, the entry is slower, and the exit needs an alarm.
- 2 Jan 20254 min
The 2-Minute Rule: How to Stop Procrastination Before It Starts
There are two different 2-minute rules, and the internet has blended them into one. Pull them apart and each becomes useful again, especially for a brain that loses small tasks the moment it looks away.
- 1 Jan 20253 min
How to Plan Your Day Like a CEO: Strategies for Prioritization and Focus
The productivity version of the CEO plans every hour and rises at five. The measured version delegates, protects a few blocks, and decides the night before. The second one is the only version an ADHD brain can run.
- 12 Dec 20234 min
Are you still afraid of boredom? It might help you
Twenty minutes a day of doing nothing, on purpose, and what an ADHD brain does when nothing is on offer. The science of boredom has a better story than the productivity industry.