Server Authority Without a Sluggish Interface
Predict locally, decide centrally, and make rejection a first-class state.
Notes written while doing the work.
Technical posts, product decisions, and honest observations, written while building, not after.
Systems design
Architecture tradeoffs, primitives over complexity, and durable system patterns.
A WebSocket Connection Is Not a Real-Time Architecture
The transport moves messages. Your protocol decides whether the product stays coherent.
The Data Model Behind My Personal Hub
A personal site is not just content. It is a data model.
The Architecture Behind My Agent-Readable Personal Hub
I rebuilt my personal hub as a three-layer system: website for humans, API for software, MCP for agents.
Security Lessons From Making My Personal Hub Agent-Readable
The first rule of agent-readable systems: do not give the agent more power than it needs.
Content Kit: Personal Hub MCP and Public API
A technical launch is easier to distribute when the story, snippets, and proof points are already packaged.
Horizontal vs Vertical Progress (and why it matters)
Scaling is a multiplier; primitives change the equation.