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Notes from the workshop.

Long-form thinking on engineering, agentic systems, RAG, MVPs, and the practice of shipping software.

devops

The DevOps Minimum for a 5-Person AI Startup

What DevOps actually has to look like for a tiny AI startup. The minimum that buys you sleep without burning runway.

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ai

AI in Proptech 2026: AI-Driven Property Valuation and Tenant Matching

Proptech's AI wave. Where automated valuation models, tenant matching, and ops AI are actually working in 2026.

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engineering

The Remote-First Engineering Team in 2026: Tools That Survived the Hype

After five years of remote-first toolchain churn, here's the stack that actually shipped products in 2026.

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founders

From Contract to Launch: A Founder's Guide to Working With Engineering Studios

What actually happens between signing the contract and seeing your product live. A founder's guide to making the engagement work.

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founders

Should a Non-Technical Founder Learn to Code in 2026? An Honest Take

AI tooling changed this answer. Whether you should learn to code in 2026 depends on what you'll do with the skill — not whether you can.

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llm

Cost Optimization for LLM-Powered Products: What to Measure

Your LLM bill grew faster than your usage. A practical cost-optimization framework — what to measure and what to actually do about it.

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founders

The First-10-Customers Playbook for Technical Founders

Technical founders avoid sales. Here's a playbook that doesn't ask you to become a salesperson — just a careful seller of your own work.

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evals

The Eval-First AI Workflow: Why Most Teams Ship Blind

Most teams shipping AI in production have no idea if their changes make things better or worse. The eval-first workflow that fixes this.

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engineering

Reading Other People's Code: The Underrated Engineering Superpower

The senior engineering skill that nobody teaches: reading code well. A practical guide to navigating someone else's codebase.

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