Writing
Essays on running software services firms and engineering teams.
Dusting this off
Ten years ago I said I'd start writing here more. I didn't. A lot happened in between, and now I want to find out which of what I learned still works in the age of AI tools.
Will I ever go back to a "real" job?
Written in September 2016: a client I liked went a different direction, a slow month followed, and then the best months the business had seen. Republished from the archive.
Getting it done vs. doing it right
Written in 2016, about an interview question I loved asking: is it more important to finish a job on time or to do it right? For a consultant, good enough usually does. Republished from the archive.
Not quitting... But damn it if there aren't days I want to.
Written in 2015, alone at the end of a hard night, about the loneliness of running an agency solo — and about being purposefully small and not yet satisfied with it. Republished from the archive, unedited.
Why I Quit My Job and Started Idestini
Written in 2015, a year after I left my job to start Idestini: why I thought small businesses needed a web agency focused on their bottom line. Republished from the archive.
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