Scissors, Glue, and AI
Hunter's account of replacing a paper-based workflow with software, and what it taught him about useful technology.
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Leadership
Feedback Loops upon Loops upon Loops
How feedback loops shape product development and the way teams learn from the results of their work.
Cowboys, Frontiersmen, Settlers, Townspeople, Cityfolk
How the people and working habits a company needs change from its first build through product-market fit and growth.
Local Maxima
How optimizing for an individual or a team can get in the way of better results for customers and the business.
About Weirdness Budgets
How to decide where a company needs innovation and where boring, familiar choices leave more room for the work that matters.
On Slop: April 2026
What makes AI-generated content unhelpful, what it costs the sender and reader, and examples of the problem.
Why Core Values?
Why core values matter to the way a company makes decisions, hires people, and works together.
Go Out and Build
A practical argument for building, getting feedback, and trying again instead of waiting for a perfect plan.
Our Culture & Engineering Integration
Why engineering needs contact with customers, sales, and the rest of the business to make useful product decisions.