Journal

Notes on product, UX, and shipping work that scales.

The future of developers when AI writes the first draft (2026): Field report from a live healthcare BETA: agents wrote most of the code. What is left is specs, diff review, taste, and a workflow to manage the volume. From 1Health, Paper, and daily agent practice. (2026-06-12)
Great UX gets out of the way: Great UX reduces decisions, uses smart defaults, and lets people finish the job without noticing the interface. Fix the flow first; polish earns its place on top. (2025-06-10)
Buy a boring business: SMB acquisitions vs starting from zero: For operators with capital: buying a $500k–$5M business, franchise vs acquisition, due diligence, and a 100-day plan after close. (2025-02-06)
What I learned about branding at Founder Institute: Founder Institute Fall 2024 surprised me: branding was about naming who you're for and what changes for them, before anyone opened Figma. (2024-11-19)
The future of user interfaces: GUI, CUI, and beyond: Graphical interfaces remain central, and chat adds a useful layer. The future is picking the right surface for the job: maps, dashboards, or conversation. (2024-07-17)
AI hardware lessons from Humane and Rabbit: Humane's Ai Pin and Rabbit's R1 pointed at post-phone computing. Their launch showed that hardware rewards finished daily jobs and reliability, built on a story the product can carry past day one. (2024-06-01)