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Honest takes on AI, automation, SaaS and the craft of building technology that actually works. No buzzwords, no fluff — just what we have learned shipping real systems.

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LATEST THINKING.

AISep 20268 min read

Designing AI Agents That Survive Production

What actually breaks when you move an AI agent from a demo to real, messy business workflows — and how to design around it.

Key takeaways

Demos work on clean inputs. Production does not have clean inputs.
Guardrails are not optional — they are load-bearing architecture.
Every agent needs an eject button: a clear path to human handoff.

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AI AgentsLLM

AutomationAug 20266 min read

Automation Without the Chaos

A pragmatic framework for introducing n8n and process automation without creating a fragile web of hidden dependencies.

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EVERY PIECE WE HAVE WRITTEN.

Sorted newest first. Avg. read: 7 min.

TechnologyAug 20265 min read

The Case for Boring Infrastructure

Why the most reliable SaaS products are built on unglamorous, well-understood foundations.

InfrastructurePostgreSQLArchitectureSaaS

Web DevelopmentJul 20267 min read

Web Performance Is a Feature

How treating Core Web Vitals as a product requirement changes the way you build.

PerformanceCore Web VitalsNext.jsUX

SaaSJul 20269 min read

Scaling a SaaS Data Model

Multi-tenancy decisions you make on day one that determine what is possible on day one thousand.

SaaSPostgreSQLMulti-tenancyArchitecture

BusinessJun 20264 min read

Technology That Earns Its Keep

A simple test for whether a new system is actually worth building for your business.

StrategyROIBusinessDecision-making

[Topic Areas]

WHAT WE WRITE ABOUT.

AI

1 article

Agents, models, RAG pipelines and what actually works in production.

8 min

Automation

1 article

n8n, workflows, integrations and removing manual work at scale.

6 min

Web Development

1 article

Performance, Core Web Vitals, design systems and modern web craft.

7 min

SaaS

1 article

Multi-tenancy, data models, billing and building products that scale.

9 min

Technology

1 article

Infrastructure choices, trade-offs and engineering decisions that matter.

5 min

Business

1 article

Strategy, ROI, and the business case for building (or not building) technology.

4 min

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