Writing

Occasional notes on whatever I'm thinking about: products, AI, books, and the rest.

2026
StablecoinsPaymentsFintech

Stablecoins, End to End: How Digital Dollars Are Made, Trusted, and Spent by Machines

What stablecoins are, how they are minted, burned, and validated, why they matter, and how AI agents are turning them into the settlement layer for machine commerce.

Jul 10, 2026 · 11 min read
BlockchainDistributed SystemsFintech

Blockchain, Without the Hype: A Plain-English Guide

What a blockchain actually is, how it works, and where it's genuinely useful, explained with one running analogy and six diagrams.

Jul 6, 2026 · 9 min read
APIsEngineeringSystems

APIs, Explained Like a Border Checkpoint

What APIs actually are, how they're built, the types, the lifecycle, why they matter now, and the parts most explainers skip.

Jul 5, 2026 · 9 min read
CoffeeSupply ChainHealth

I Fell for Coffee in 2021. Then I Went Down the Rabbit Hole.

Where coffee is actually grown, who gets paid, why your cup got so expensive in 2025, and how to keep it a drink instead of a dessert. An obsessive's field guide to the bean.

Jul 4, 2026 · 11 min read
AIProductBuilding

AI Is a Fast Track to Average

The wall between having an idea and shipping it just came down. What it was hiding is the whole game.

Jul 2, 2026 · 7 min read