Writing
Notes on AI agents, infrastructure, and lessons from building. Mostly things I figure out at Moda and want to remember later.
Building a Startup Is Hard
There is no easy way to build a startup—unless it is the work you cannot help but do.
What You’ve Done in the Past Does Not Matter
Your past can be a signal, but the most compelling thing about you should be what you’re chasing now.
In a World of Gatsbys, Trying to Be Earnest
On San Francisco's culture of performance, the difference between looking ambitious and being earnest, and remembering why we build.
How we cluster 150 million conversation segments
A single chat usually contains 4–5 different topics. Clustering the whole thing gives you mush. Here is how we segment first, then cluster, at scale.
How Fortnite Taught Me to Build Software People Actually Use
How optimizing a bad PC for Fortnite at 15 taught me to understand real problems and build software people actually use.