Behind the scenes of the platforms we design and ship. Engineering, design, AI, and the kind of takeaways that only come from doing the work.
Every frontier model advertises a million-plus tokens. Most can't actually reason past 200K. Here's the benchmark that proves it, and what builders should do about it.
May 12, 2026
A Miami startup says it cracked transformer math. The AI community is split between "biggest breakthrough since the Transformer" and "AI Theranos." A walk through what was announced, what's being challenged, and what builders should do next.
May 8, 2026
Most teams have built their entire AI-first dev workflow on infrastructure they don't own. A look at the risks of single-provider dependency and the case for local LLM infrastructure.
April 29, 2026Practical lessons from a decade of fintech work — what users actually look at, what they ignore, and what changes their behavior.
March 12, 2026How tight feedback loops, ownership, and a few non-negotiable engineering rituals let small teams move faster without sacrificing quality.
February 28, 2026
How a Loan Origination System takes a borrower from application to funded loan. The seven stages of credit, the components that matter, and what good LOS software actually does for modern lenders.
April 2, 2024What we kept, what we threw out, and the decisions that shaved weeks off the approval flow when we rebuilt Loanato Retail from the ground up.
January 30, 2026Bureaucracy is a feature, not a bug — for incumbents. Here's how lean teams use that asymmetry to ship real products in months, not years.
January 16, 2026A look at the milestones, rituals, and deliverables we hit in the first 90 days of every engagement — and the part that most teams skip.
January 2, 2026