Posts Archive
Published in 2025.
2025
December
Litigation Engineering: When AI Meets High Stakes
How litigation engineering changes the way you build AI pipelines — chain of custody, reproducibility, and audit trails for systems where outputs become evidence.
The Update That Crashed WordPress
Lessons from shipping a crash to millions of WordPress iOS users — why relentless testing, small increments, and graceful failure modes matter.
Building Systems That Survive Contact With Humans
Practical patterns for building reliable systems that handle incomplete inputs, confused users, and the failure modes that happen in production.
Silicon Bayou Rising
Why I founded Apptitude in post-Katrina New Orleans instead of Brooklyn — building a tech startup in a city that was rebuilding itself.
From Roadie to Developer: Loading Gear for Ringo
From loading trucks for Ringo Starr in Silicon Valley to building production AI systems — the path from celebrity roadie to software engineer.