Engineering
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May 28, 2026•6 min read
Scaling a mobile backend for influencer traffic spikes
What it actually takes to keep a Flask + PostgreSQL API responsive when a single post sends 20k people to your app in ten minutes.
AI
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April 14, 2026•5 min read
Designing human-in-the-loop AI for grading
Why no grade should ever be auto-pushed, and how structured-JSON output from Claude keeps an academic tool trustworthy.
Marketing
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February 26, 2026•5 min read
When your marketing surface is also your product
Collectible cards that double as influencer drops and in-game unlocks - building growth into the feature itself.
Trends
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January 30, 2026•6 min read
Mobile engineering trends I'm betting on in 2026
Server-driven UI, on-device models, and why cross-platform billing abstraction finally feels safe.
Personal
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January 8, 2026•4 min read
From a classroom in Long Beach to shipping products
A short personal story about how I went from writing my first Python script to founding engineering at a startup.
Product
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July 3, 2025•4 min read
How we raised $250K for a cyberpunk platformer that was not finished
We secured a $250,000 investment for Datenshi, our 2.5D Japanese cyberpunk story platformer, before the game was done. The pitch worked because we led with a feeling and backed it with research.
Personal
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February 17, 2025•4 min read
What teaching engineering taught me about shipping
Teaching as an adjunct professor changed how I build. When you have to explain something to a room of students, you find out fast how well you actually understand it.
Personal
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December 11, 2024•4 min read
Building a product across three time zones and two languages
STNDOUT was built with people in Germany, Serbia, and the US. Working across time zones taught me that the constraint is not the clock, it is how clearly you write things down.
AI
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September 4, 2024•4 min read
Helping six department chairs use AI without fear
I ran AI training for six department chairs. The blocker was almost never the tools. It was fear - of getting it wrong, of cheating, of being replaced. Adoption is mostly about that.
Marketing
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November 22, 2023•4 min read
From zero to 100,000 riders: what actually moved the needle
Working on blinkee.city, an e-mobility platform, we grew to 300% more installs, 1,000% more vehicles, and past 100,000 users. Most of that came from a few unglamorous levers.