Notes from the work
An archive of product, engineering, startups, and the decisions behind building software. Older posts stay dated; they are here as a record, not a publishing schedule.
I spent my first two weeks turning Hermes into a cost-conscious personal agent system. These are the practical lessons about subscriptions, model routing, scheduled work, tools, agent roles, safety, and observability.
If you’ve ever felt like you needed to be a designer, developer, marketer, and UX expert all at once -you’re not alone. But with the right tools and feedback loops, you can make huge strides fast. Here’s how I quickly leveled up the landing page for Naminique, my AI-powered business name generator, in just about […]
Sometime in late 2024 — before Moody’s acquired Numerated — one of my team members asked if I could give them a mid-year review. Totally fair request. I care a lot about feedback, personal growth, and making sure my team feels seen and supported. The problem? We didn’t have an HR system. Not even close. […]
It was almost 15 years ago when I started iBuildMVPs. I built the basic website in a weekend and soon started building minimum viable products for aspiring startup founders. After doing this for a few years, I started a career as a software engineer. I worked for large publicly traded companies, three-person startups, and everything […]
This happened to me today. I tried to change my link image for a link I posted on Twitter, and Twitter did not recognize the change in the image. 1.) You post a link to twitter. You notice the image doesn’t look quite right. 2.) You go and fix the image on your blog. Then […]
I want to write more in 2020. One month into the year, I am still writing every day. As you probably know, I am Creating 12 products this year. Writing helps me gather my thoughts. It helps me organize what I did yesterday and what I plan on doing tomorrow. Coming into this year, I […]
This is really painful to admit this. For years, I considered myself an expert marketer. I got a mobile detailing company off the ground by sheer force of will when I was in college using adwords campaigns. I have a degree in marketing and I graduated with a 3.75. But yet – 10 years after […]
Print design was a new experience for me. Here are some of the key takeaways from my recent experiences. Tools The tool of choice for print design is Adobe Illustrator. I tried numerous other options including source tools and online tools. No other tool gave me the ability to make changes quickly and reliably that […]
When I started on the bookmark project, I didn’t understand how difficult every step in the process would be. Designing a bookmark is hard. Tweaking your design for printers is hard. Determining the type of finish, thickness, and size of a product is hard. Taking product photos is excruciatingly hard. Selling a product online is […]
I launched my first physical product about a week ago. It’s a set of bookmarks with quotes from startup leaders. Here’s the story of how it all came together…