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Blog posts on systems, modernization, and AI workflows

These are the ideas behind the portfolio work: how legacy systems get rebuilt, how process engineering applies to AI agents, and where the interesting tradeoffs usually hide.

LatestMarch 4, 20266 min read

The Cartography of Curiosity

A wide skill set isn't a lack of focus. It's the map you draw before you know the territory. On why exploring broadly is how you find the work that matters to you.

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February 12, 20264 min read

Why LLM Agents Need Process Engineering

Most agent frameworks are glorified function chains. There's a 40-year-old discipline that solves everything they're getting wrong.

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February 10, 20265 min read

Lessons from a Legacy Enterprise Monolith

What working in a codebase with hundreds of JSPs, dozens of servlets, and 308 entity files actually looks like, and the hard-won lessons from modernizing it.

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