Thoughts
Essays on product, technology, design, and the occasional tangent. Written slowly, revised often.
The Product Mindset Is a Way of Seeing
Good product thinking isn't a job function — it's a lens. On how the discipline changes the way you move through the world.
December 2025Slow Is Smooth, Smooth Is Fast
A Navy SEAL maxim that happens to be excellent product advice. Why rushing usually adds time, not saves it.
November 2025What AI Can't Do (Yet): On Judgment and Context
AI is genuinely transforming how we work. But there's a category of thinking it still can't replicate — and it's the most valuable kind.
October 2025Notes on Writing: A Craft I'm Still Learning
Writing is thinking made visible. Some observations from someone who writes regularly but doesn't call himself a writer.
September 2025In Defense of Small Software
Not everything needs to scale to a million users. A case for building focused, purposeful tools that do one thing exceptionally well.
August 2025Curiosity as a Career Strategy
The people who seem to get luckiest aren't always the most talented — they're often the most genuinely curious. Some thoughts on cultivating it.