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Making

The story of each product, one decision at a time: what I chose, what it cost, what happened next.

Work

08 essays · latest first

  1. 01Series 2 of 2harness-maker: Intent-Based DevelopmentI write down my product's job and principles, then return to them each time I choose, specify and judge a feature. Notes from my tennis product, Tuned.·8 min
  2. 02Series 1 of 2harness-maker: Side vs ProductionI run side and production projects together, and they need different workflows. Most harnesses are fixed, so I built a tool that makes one per project.·4 min
  3. 03Series 5 of 5Tuned: What I Don't Hand Off to My AI TeamAn AI team writes most of my first drafts. The parts I must know and the parts I decide, I still understand to the end. Read wide, write in one lane.·5 min
  4. 04Series 4 of 5Tuned: The Two Seats Left to PeopleI re-sorted the twenty-eight disciplines a hardware product needs. Twenty end as files, so the harness took them. Six stop at a doorway. Two stay human.·6 min
  5. 05Series 3 of 5Tuned: A Roadmap That Marks Where to Quit FirstA solo founder's roadmap is closer to a map of kill-gates than a schedule. Cheap, decisive checkpoints before costly stages, and permission to quit early.·5 min
  6. 06Series 2 of 5Tuned: The Co-Founder That Built Too FastThe harness made building so cheap I built most of the product before checking anyone would pay. A good co-founder's risky side, a solo founder's trap.·4 min
  7. 07Series 1 of 5Tuned: What I Am Making, and Why I Make It AloneA tennis player and 18-year embedded engineer builds an impact sensor alone, with an LLM as the team. Page one of a productization diary, kept either way.·3 min
  8. 08Why I Started EdgeLogI wanted to know what happens when LLMs, zero-trust security, and modern frameworks meet real embedded hardware. A research log from the edge.·4 min