Building and Thinking
One-off posts, plus a few ongoing series. Click a series to read only its posts.
- Autonomous companiesOngoing efforts to build and grow several products sustainably. I want to be as effective as I can (10x+), solo.
- Signals over vibesThe harnesses I build across products to work on signal instead of vibes, especially after sprints.
- Society essaysReading books and writing about business models that put respect for all life first. I'll turn my theories into action, eventually.
- Product postsTechnical breakdowns of what I'm building. Usually post-sprint reflections.
- Game devArt plus coding = short games I make on the side.
- Better business questions
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2026
- How can unions work within companies to help employees and business goals? (Part 1)
Digging into whether unions and companies can work in partnership instead of adversarially -- Kaiser Permanente's rise and fall, Starbucks' union-busting, German co-determination, and worker cooperatives as a structural answer.