I’ve been a commercial pilot (certificate holder) for the last ten years. I’m used to running and validating checklists. So when it came to my business, I thought checklists were the answer: I could use them to remind myself of… continue reading
I shared that I was heading to treatment for PTSD starting May 1. I’m happy to share that I was discharged home on May 20th. I am not entirely better. I am not worse. But I am hopeful about the… continue reading
Warning: this post references violence. Ten years ago, during a mental health crisis, I was harmed in a hospital by the people who were supposed to help me. Doctors said the pain would fade with time. It didn’t. Ten years… continue reading
This week I attended Microconf Portland, where I heard exceptional talks by exceptional speakers and enjoyed a tremendous hallway track with other SaaS and software founders. I wanted to capture my thoughts on the experience. Microconf is a conference series… continue reading
I’m a firm believer in the idea that you have to use a tool to fully critique it. With that in mind I committed to using Claude Code for an entire week, putting it through its paces to see what… continue reading
A few years ago, I had an opportunity to serve on a jury. Twelve ordinary citizens were called to hear a case, where we heard from five supremely confident but deeply conflicting witnesses. Our job was to sort out who… continue reading
I’m a big believer in the notion that you can’t really critique something until you’ve tried it. With that in mind, I spent some time over the holiday break with AI, working on a couple projects. Here are the results… continue reading
Last week, Zend by Perforce wrote a blog post about when and how to migrate from a monolithic application to a microservices architecture. For those that haven’t read the post, the TL;DR is that as your application grows, it makes… continue reading
Recently I had an opportunity to interview with a company that I really respected. Normally I wouldn’t consider taking any kind of role or gig (as I run a small business), but the problem space was particularly interesting and the… continue reading
Sometimes in life it’s important to perform a “reset” and just take a minute to examine where you are and where you want to go. I’m about to embark on a month-long retreat to bolster my mental health and consider… continue reading