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Essays on engineering and product decisions — the reasoning behind the work, written from practice, not from theory.

Engineering · August 20, 2026 · 5 min read

Why I stopped putting business logic inside React components

Components are where bugs get discovered, not where rules should live. What changed when I moved decisions out of the view layer — and where I draw the line now.

Engineering · May 14, 2026 · 5 min read

What a broken endpoint taught me about architecture

An endpoint that passed every test and failed with real data. What it taught me about boundaries, validation and designing for the failure you haven't seen yet.

Product · February 11, 2026 · 4 min read

How I think about building an MVP without building a mess

Speed and maintainability aren't opposites. The constraints I use so a six-week MVP doesn't become a six-month rewrite.

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