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Lessons From Managing Technical Operations

After years running technical operations, the job was rarely the technology. It was the seams between teams, the undocumented decisions, and the systems quietly holding it together.

May 28, 20266 min read

Building

Designing Lumis OS: The Operating System for Building Products

Lumis OS is the studio’s internal operating system for building software products. The lesson behind it: the loop around the work matters more than any single feature.

Apr 12, 20266 min read

Operations

Lessons From Managing Technical Operations

After years running technical operations, the job was rarely the technology. It was the seams between teams, the undocumented decisions, and the systems quietly holding it together.

May 28, 20266 min read

Automation

What Most Companies Get Wrong About Automation

Most automation projects make a bad process faster instead of asking whether it should exist. Here is what I learned about automation that actually pays off.

May 14, 20266 min read

Building

Building Daily Out Loud: Designing a Product for Consistency

Building a daily speaking-practice product taught me more about designing for consistency over intensity than any productivity framework ever did. Here is what stuck.

Apr 30, 20265 min read

Building

Designing Lumis OS: The Operating System for Building Products

Lumis OS is the studio’s internal operating system for building software products. The lesson behind it: the loop around the work matters more than any single feature.

Apr 12, 20266 min read

Operations

Why Process Beats Productivity Hacks Every Time

Productivity hacks optimize one person. Good process and business systems optimize the whole team. Only one of them survives that person leaving.

Mar 26, 20265 min read

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