Writing

• Communicate or be micromanaged - the engineering edition madewithlove 2 Jan

  Micromanagement rarely starts with bad intent. It usually starts with silence. When nobody knows what you are working on, meetings multiply, trust erodes, and focus disappears. This piece shows how clear, boring communication is your best defence.

• Feature passports are the bare minimum 2 Dec

  Founders need to focus on shipping new features. Revenue depends on delivering more value to users, so the pressure to deliver is real. What

• How to pragmatically leverage AI as a startup madewithlove 27 Nov

  If you believe what you see on LinkedIn, startups don't need employees anymore, real founders just have agents building their companies. You write a prompt, fire off the agent, and wait for customers. In reality, you get a vague workflow that produces a mediocre demo at best.

• Feedback is your development team's fuel 21 Nov
• Beware of rebuild bankruptcy 14 Nov
• The most important job for a startup founder 5 Nov
• Don't build an app just to be in the app store 23 Oct