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Notes from building, analyzing, and changing my mind.

A real archive of linked essays, with enough of each idea on this page to help you decide what is worth opening.

  • July 30, 2026 · 6 min read

    How I built WalletIQ by starting with decisions, not features

    WalletIQ began as a budgeting app, but the useful product emerged only after I became more disciplined about the decisions the interface needed to support.

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  • July 24, 2026 · 5 min read

    Building with AI taught me that judgment is part of the technical work

    I did not write every line of my app, but I made hundreds of product decisions. That changed how I think about building, ownership, and what technical fluency should mean.

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