Writing
Thoughts on AI, startups, and building products that scale.
Three Years Building a Data Platform: Lessons in Speed, Scale, and Sustainability
Reflections on building a successful data intelligence platform for a VC fund: practical lessons on technical decisions, team evolution, and sustainable growth from an internal tool that identifies opportunities early
The Hidden Cost of Moving Fast: Why We Couldn't Onboard Anyone
We moved fast and shipped features. Then the engineers who built them left. And suddenly, I was the only person who could explain code I didn't write to people I couldn't train.
Opinion: LLMs will never be AGI, but DRL might be
Large Language Models have captivated the AI world, but they're fundamentally limited. Here's why Deep Reinforcement Learning, or something even more fundamental, holds the real key to AGI.
The Junior Engineer Trap: Promotion Without Support
We gave them the promotion and the raise. But not the mentorship. Six months later, they had the credentials they needed to leave. Here's what we got wrong.
Dev Log: Raytracing in One Week in Two Evenings
My journey learning ray tracing from the book 'Ray Tracing in One Weekend' in just two evenings