Writing

agentic-coding (2 notes)

Agentic coding is pair programming

I've been using Claude Code daily for three months. This is what I've learned about the relationship between human judgment and AI capability, and why 'pair programming' is a better frame than 'automation.'

ai (6 notes)

AI won't replace you (but it will change what you do)

I hear this fear constantly from the founders I advise: will AI replace me? Here's the longer answer, and why it's better than you think.

ai-adoption (2 notes)

Small teams, big leverage

I work with founders running teams of one to twenty-five. The ones getting the most from AI aren't scaling up. They're staying small on purpose and using leverage instead of headcount.

ai-agents (1 note)

The agent loop

Perceive, decide, act, observe, repeat. Once you see the loop, you understand everything about how to work with an AI agent, and where you fit in it.

ai-tools (2 notes)

Tools shape thinking

I've watched founders switch tools and start thinking differently about their business. Not because of any feature, but because the tool's structure encourages a different kind of thinking.

bootstrapping (5 notes)

Small teams, big leverage

I work with founders running teams of one to twenty-five. The ones getting the most from AI aren't scaling up. They're staying small on purpose and using leverage instead of headcount.

creativity (3 notes)

The taste gap

The founders I work with who build the most interesting companies have outsized taste. They can't always fix what's off. But they know. That knowing is the whole game.

decision-making (2 notes)

Systems thinking for founders

This is the work I keep coming back to in advisory conversations. Not the tactics, but the structures underneath. Once you start seeing the loops, you start leading differently.

design-thinking (3 notes)

The taste gap

The founders I work with who build the most interesting companies have outsized taste. They can't always fix what's off. But they know. That knowing is the whole game.

human-ai-collaboration (2 notes)

Agentic coding is pair programming

I've been using Claude Code daily for three months. This is what I've learned about the relationship between human judgment and AI capability, and why 'pair programming' is a better frame than 'automation.'

indie-business (3 notes)

Permission to be small

I work with founders who run businesses of one to twenty-five people. The ones who seem happiest aren't trying to get bigger. They're exploiting the structural advantages of being small.

knowledge-management (1 note)

My Obsidian-to-published workflow

I don't write blog posts. I write notes. The blog posts are just the notes that survived long enough to be worth sharing. Here's the workflow that makes that work.

leadership (5 notes)

Defaults are decisions

The default meeting length in Google Calendar shapes millions of hours of human attention every day. If you're building anything (software, a team, a business), audit your defaults.

systems-thinking (5 notes)

Systems thinking for founders

This is the work I keep coming back to in advisory conversations. Not the tactics, but the structures underneath. Once you start seeing the loops, you start leading differently.

workflows (2 notes)

On shipping

The most successful bootstrappers I know share one trait: they ship constantly. Not recklessly, but intentionally. A shipped product teaches you things no amount of planning ever will.