#strategy
18 posts
- OCode: Why I Built My Own Claude Code (and Why You Might Too)
OCode: Why I Built My Own Claude Code (and Why You Might Too): A few nights ago, I opened my Anthropic invoice.
- The Product Manager's Secret Superpower: Finding Signal in the Noise
The best product managers have a superpower that's rarely discussed: they can spot the same underlying user need manifesting in completely different...
- The Three Types of Startup Advice (And Why They're All Wrong)
The most dangerous thing about startup advice isn't that it's wrong -- it's that it's partially right. Each type comes with its own flavor of wrong.
- The Ubiquiti Effect: Why Enterprise Software Needs a Consumer Revolution
Ubiquiti proved that enterprise-grade power doesn't require enterprise-grade suffering. Most B2B software hasn't gotten the memo.
- Founder-Led Sales: The Art of Selling Your Vision
For startup founders, sales isn't just another function--it's the lifeblood of your business. Early on, founders are usually the lead salesperson,...
- Thinking Frameworks: Tools for Better Decision Making
In the relentless push to build and scale, organizations often overlook a critical piece of infrastructure: how decisions get made.
- When the AI Starts Complimenting You Too Much: A Troubling First for ChatGPT
OpenAI recently rolled back a GPT-4 update due to sycophantic behavior. The word itself--'sycophantic'--feels like a punchline from a _Black Mirror_...
- AI Expectations: Managing the Hype Cycle
Most AI products are designed to fail. Not because the technology is bad, but because product teams are building for the wrong expectations entirely.
- Engineering Recognition Through Evals: My Technical Journey Building Shout
Building an LLM-powered evaluation system to measure whether engineering recognition is specific, accurate, and connected to impact.
- Keep Your Hands Dirty: Why Executives Who Stop Doing The Work Destroy Companies
The Executive Trap I've seen it happen a dozen times: A brilliant engineer becomes CTO and suddenly decides their job is 'managing the engineering...
- Most PMs Are Too Afraid to Say No
The product management profession has a cowardice problem. Most PMs will build anything a loud customer demands rather than face an uncomfortable...
- The Security Tool Comparison Problem
Every security tool comparison site is funded by the vendors being evaluated. This creates a specific, structural problem for security teams making...
- The Perfection Paralysis: Why Moving Too Carefully Kills Startups
The most valuable code I've ever written was messy, quick, and written in response to an immediate customer need.
- The Abstraction Trap: When Clean Code Goes Wrong
The most insidious form of technical debt does not come from rushed code or tight deadlines - it comes from overly clever abstractions built too early.
- Quality: The Foundation of Sustainable Growth
Quality in the wrong places will kill your startup faster than no quality at all. The question is not how much quality, but quality where.
- Don't Build What They Ask For: The Art of Need-Finding
'If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses.' This quote, often attributed to Henry Ford, encapsulates one of the most...
- Your Security Team Cannot Keep Up With AI
Security review cycles designed for deterministic software are blocking AI adoption. The teams that survive will automate guardrails instead of...
- The Integration Tax: What Nobody Tells You About Building Modern Software
Every integration you add is a long-term commitment you're not budgeting for. The technical implementation is the easy part.