Writing.
Notes on enterprise engineering, building products, and the real shape of AI in production.
01. Tagged: AI
- ·3 min read·Building / AI / Engineering
Forty-three commits on Switchback: SOS, ride telemetry, and a crash-detection spec
A heavy week on kickstand-web: Twilio-backed SOS, per-sample ride telemetry, on-device AI photo moderation, and the design spec for automatic crash detection.
- ·3 min read·Building / Engineering / AI
46 commits into Switchback: partners, push, and a real Community tab
A heavy week on kickstand-web — partner referral foundation, push notifications, background GPS recording, and a dedicated Community tab built on the existing backend.
- ·3 min read·Building / Engineering / AI
A heavy week on Switchback: payments, badges, mobile parity
97 commits into kickstand-web shipped the four-tier billing model, real badge math across families, mobile feature parity with the web, and an AI route builder behind a Supabase bearer.
- ·3 min read·AI / Building / Engineering
Switchback: a content engine for motorcycle roads
89 commits into kickstand-web this week — what started as a POI catalog turned into an AI-grounded programmatic-SEO engine with a buildout orchestrator.
- ·3 min read·TwoOps / Lead Engine / Building / AI
Closing the free tier, gating the signup, and other things you only do once
Two products dominated the week: TwoOps moved to private beta with a CC-required trial, and the Lead Engine grew a real multi-product profile system.
- ·4 min read·Career / AI
The through-line: fifteen years into enterprise, all-in on AI
How a career architecting Sitecore platforms for governments, hospitals, and Fortune-500 brands made me bet the next decade on AI.
- ·2 min read·AI / Engineering
Why a senior engineer is betting their next decade on AI
Fifteen years of enterprise engineering has changed how I think about LLMs. A short essay on what I see, and what I'm betting on.