Writing

Things I think about building.

Notes on AI products, niche markets, open source, and the gaps worth filling.

Diagnosing a Zigbee Mesh Without a Debugger

esptool.py Shouldn't Be the Hard Part

The Dashboard My House Actually Needed

The Mic Was Never the Problem

The TV Screensaver Nobody Else Built

What It Would Take to Run Your Own AI

Why Cabinet Design Software Doesn't Understand Plywood

The Agent Control Plane Problem

What a Year of Shipping With AI Actually Changes

Product Teardown: What Linear Got Right That Jira Got Wrong

Product Teardown: How Figma Killed a $20 Billion Adobe Acquisition

Open Source Is the Best Portfolio You Can Build

How I Built ClawCost in a Week (And Why the API Bill Scared Me Into It)

Why I Build Software for Markets Nobody Bothers With

From Chemical Engineering to AI Founder: A Pivot I Never Planned