Notes from building products and writing code — product thinking, engineering retros and working with AI.
2026-11-08Product
A group had one key for a third-party data service and several subsidiaries that needed it. Instead of handing it out, I put a gateway in front. Notes on the trade-offs.
2 min read · API gateway / Key management / B2B
2026-11-03Engineering
What these bugs share — everything runs, the UI looks fine and the numbers are there. They are just wrong. All from an audit of my own project.
2 min read · API gateway / Observability / Retrospective
2026-10-20AI
A mini program for field engineers, from signed-off requirements to a working release in about three weeks. It was fast because it was small, not because it was rushed.
1 min read · MVP / Mini program / Claude