Field notes for software that has to work.

Practical writing on cloud architecture, mobile products, and building responsibly with coding agents.

AWSSeptember 9, 20267 min read

Good AWS architecture starts with failure modes, not services

A practical way to choose cloud components by working backward from risk, recovery, cost, and the people operating the system.

Ideas, systems, and lessons from the build.

FlutterSeptember 7, 20266 min read

How to keep widgets, state, and data boundaries understandable as a Flutter prototype grows into a maintained product.

AI codingSeptember 5, 20266 min read

A grounded workflow for using coding models to move faster while keeping requirements, architecture, and verification under human control.

Vibe codingSeptember 3, 20265 min read

Keep the creative speed of prompt-driven prototypes, then introduce the structure that makes software safe to maintain and ship.

Agentic workflowSeptember 1, 20267 min read

How to divide discovery, implementation, review, and verification between people and coding agents without losing accountability.