The Journal
Notes from the workbench.
Long-form thinking and short build logs on AI engineering, product decisions, and shipping software that lasts. Written while building, not after.
7 entries
Why I Built Yet Another Engineering Blog
There are already enough programming blogs. I didn't build this one to teach frameworks—I built it to document the real engineering decisions behind the products I ship.
Shipping an AI Onboarding Flow in a Weekend
How I replaced a static, five-step wizard with a model-driven onboarding that adapts to each user — and what it took to make it feel instant.
A Claude Code Workflow That Actually Ships
The agent loop I use daily — how I scope work, review diffs, and keep an AI coding assistant from wandering off into the weeds.
Wiring Internal Tools Into Cursor With MCP
A practical build log on exposing an internal service to the editor through the Model Context Protocol — and why it changed how the team works.
Building an Eval Harness You Will Actually Run
Prompt changes are code changes. Here is the lightweight evaluation setup that catches regressions before they reach users.
RAG That Actually Retrieves
A case study on rebuilding a retrieval pipeline that was quietly returning the wrong context — and the 3x recall improvement that followed.
A Design System Built for Shipping Speed
Why I stopped chasing the perfect component library and started optimizing for how fast an idea becomes a deployed screen.