Engineering notes from real projects. Debugging stories, design decisions, and honest reflections on how I work. Filter by tag to find what you're after.
Shipping a personal site without product thinking is like launching a SaaS without user research. Here's what changed when I stopped treating mine like a resume.
I was so sure I knew what was wrong that I spent three days debugging the wrong thing. Here's what finally fixed it — and what I learned about diagnosing before solving.
Side projects work better when they solve real problems. Here's why building PeoplePulse's leave management system was the only way I actually understood Drizzle.