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Curated insights from building distributed systems, leading engineering teams, and navigating startup exits. New essays, guides, and reading lists are rolling out soon.
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Presentations & Videos
Conference talks, technical deep-dives, and presentations on distributed systems and AI infrastructure.
- Scaling to 1B+ events per second
- Building AI infrastructure that actually works
- The art of technical leadership
- From monolith to microservices: Lessons learned
- + more coming soon
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Writings
Long-form writing on engineering, leadership, and building systems.
- When the Cloud Falls – AWS & Azure outages and digital dependencies
- Why Netflix's Chaos Monkey Can't Test AI Systems
- The 4-Hour Gap – Why recovery beats grinding
- AI for the People – Practical insights on AI infrastructure
- + more coming soon
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What I'm Reading
Curated books, papers, and articles that shape my thinking on engineering, leadership, and systems design.
- Designing Data-Intensive Applications – Martin Kleppmann
- The Phoenix Project – Gene Kim
- Site Reliability Engineering – Google
- Staff Engineer – Will Larson
- + more coming soon
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Startup 101
Practical guides and lessons from 5 exits. Architecture, team building, fundraising, and technical leadership.
- Building your first engineering team
- Infrastructure scaling: 0 → 1M users
- CTO playbook for early-stage startups
- Making your first technical hire
- + more coming soon
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Philosophy
Reflections on engineering culture, leadership principles, and the intersection of technology and humanity.
- Be Curious, Not Judgmental – An Engineering Mindset
- There Is No Spoon – Understanding Abstractions
- Why the Gear Must Engage – On Systems Thinking
- Complex Recursive Systems Seeking Meaning
- + more coming soon
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