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Engineering the Horizon — Insights on Agentic Systems, Scale, and Operations.

A builder's perspective on the intersection of AI and real-world business execution.

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Why Google Ads Are Destroying Small Business Budgets (And What to Do Instead)
Strategy APR 2026

Why Google Ads Are Destroying Small Business Budgets (And What to Do Instead)

A bakery owner spending $5 per click on $35 cakes isn't a marketing strategy — it's a math problem. Here's what actually works for low-ticket local businesses.

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The Outage Era: Cantonize the Codebase
Engineering MAR 2026

The Outage Era: Cantonize the Codebase

AWS lost 6.3 million orders. GitHub had 37 incidents in a month. The problem isn't AI-generated code — it's that we have no way to comprehend it at the speed it ships. Cantonize the codebase.

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You Don't Need 91 AI Tools. You Need a Workflow That Works.
Strategy MAR 2026

You Don't Need 91 AI Tools. You Need a Workflow That Works.

Small business owners are drowning in AI tool recommendations. Here's the lean stack that actually saves time — tested on real businesses, not theory.

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Production AI vs. Demo Hype: The 14-Year Lesson
AI Strategy DEC 2025

Production AI vs. Demo Hype: The 14-Year Lesson

Cutting through the noise of LLM hype to find sustainable business value through iterative deployment cycles.

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