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Not Everything I Build Has to Be Useful
Most of my work is useful software. Then I open Doko Dash, pick Bir or Asha, worry about square puddles and Everest gusts, and remember that not every build needs a business case.
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Lessons from building.
What I'm learning about AI agents, product management, shipping software, and the occasional story that matters enough to write down.
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AI Systems
Agent orchestration, AI systems, reliability, and build-in-public lessons from running real workflows.
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AI AgenticAI Reliability
What AI Agents Are Bad At, and Why That Matters More Than What They’re Good At
A task in my system emitted task.picked_up every thirty seconds for nearly an hour before it finally failed. That taught me more about trust than any clean demo ever could.
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AI AgenticAI Governance
I Didn't Plan the Guardrails. My Agents Made Me Build Them.
Running a 9-agent AI fleet taught me that the guardrails nobody wants to build are the ones that make everything else possible. Five failures and the systems they forced me to create.
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AI AgenticAI BuildInPublic
I Emailed a SaaS Company With Feedback. They Said No. So I Built It Myself.
When 'doesn't fit our model' becomes 'fine, I'll build my own model.' A real story about agency, AI agents, and never asking for permission again.
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AI AgenticAI BuildInPublic
The Free AI Model Cost Me More Than the Expensive One
Why price-per-token is the wrong metric. Cost isn't what you pay in tokens. It's what you pay in time, failed iterations, and rework.
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AI AgenticAI ProductManagement
I Stopped Prompting AI. Here's What I Do Instead.
The real unlock isn't a better AI tool. It's building a system where AI does the work before you even sit down.
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Product Lessons
Product thinking, strategy, and operator lessons that transfer beyond any one tool or team.
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ProductManagement Roadmaps Prioritization
The Hardest PM Skill Is Killing Work That Almost Makes Sense
Weak PMs kill bad ideas. Strong PMs kill plausible ones. A blunt article on judgment, sequence, and protecting execution bandwidth before good-looking work turns into expensive distraction.
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AI AgenticAI ProductManagement
I've Been a PM for 10 Years. Building an AI Fleet Used Skills I Didn't Know I Had.
The skills that make agentic AI work aren't new. They're PM fundamentals: writing specs, sequencing sprints, defining done, running retros. Here's what a decade of product management taught me about running a 9-agent AI fleet.
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Personal Stories
More human stories, lived moments, and real-world challenges that do not fit the usual tech essay mold.
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CreativeWork BuildInPublic Games
Not Everything I Build Has to Be Useful
Most of my work is useful software. Then I open Doko Dash, pick Bir or Asha, worry about square puddles and Everest gusts, and remember that not every build needs a business case.
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Endurance Challenge Story
Two Brothers, One Van, 48 Hours of Pain Ahead
Aseem and Shyam start an amplified 4x4x48 challenge on the Manitou Incline, where the ordinary calm before the start is the most revealing part of the story.
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Occasional writing on product, systems, AI, and what I’m learning while building.