Field Notes
From the field
Architecture decisions, production systems, and technical leadership — notes from actually shipping AI infrastructure.
Knowledge Base from Zero to API: Lifecycle State Machines and Policy Engines
Building a team knowledge base with lifecycle state machines, policy engines, and git-exported articles — from empty repo to working API in one day.
Live Data Backbone: Cache Layers, Circuit Breakers, and SSE for Broadcast
Wiring MLB Stats API, GUMBO feeds, and Statcast into a fault-tolerant data layer with TTL caching, circuit breakers, and Server-Sent Events.
Zero to CI: Full-Stack Dashboard in One Session
11 commits from empty repo to green CI. Building the Braves Booth Intelligence dashboard with opinionated stack choices and a CAD agent side quest.
Engine to Product: Three Interfaces, One Codebase
Building CLI, REST API, and frontend wizard interfaces on top of a comparison engine. The jump from library to usable product in cad-dxf-agent.
February 2026 State of Affairs: 255 Commits, 12 Projects, and What I Shipped
A candid look at 18 days of engineering output: 255+ commits across 12 projects, from blockchain infrastructure to CAD agents to auth debugging.
IRSB Monorepo v1.0.0: Extracting Shared Packages and Unifying a Blockchain Platform
How I extracted @irsb/kms-signer and @irsb/types into shared packages, unified a blockchain platform under one monorepo, dealt with port conflicts, and split CI tests for 3x faster runs.
Designing a Local-First Resume Parser: Architecture Decisions for Edge AI
Documenting the architecture decisions for Resume Realtime - a planned Chrome extension for local resume parsing. This post covers the technical choices made before writing production code.
How to Get Your ADK Agent into Google's Official Community Showcase
A tactical breakdown of contributing to Google's agent-starter-pack repository and getting recognized as a production-grade ADK reference implementation.
Building an Idempotent Stripe Billing Enforcement Engine for Firestore
How we built a unified plan enforcement engine that handles duplicate webhooks, out-of-order events, and automatic drift correction for Stripe billing in a Firestore-backed SaaS application.
Fine-Tuning IAM1: Building a Hierarchical Multi-Agent System on Vertex AI
Deep dive into fine-tuning a Regional Manager AI agent (IAM1) with hierarchical multi-agent orchestration on Vertex AI Agent Engine. Real implementation of decision frameworks and specialist delegation.
Building a Production Multi-Agent AI System: BrightStream's 10-Agent Architecture on Vertex AI
The real journey from concept to production: building BrightStream's 10-agent positive news platform on Google Vertex AI Agent Engine. Multi-agent debate, parallel execution, and 89% cost reduction through architectural optimization.
Architecting a Production Multi-Agent AI Platform: Technical Leadership in Action
Architecting a Production Multi-Agent AI Platform: Technical Leadership in Action
The Coasean Singularity: How AI Agents Will Transform Digital Markets
Analysis of groundbreaking NBER research on how autonomous AI agents will reshape digital markets by reducing transaction costs to near-zero, enabling new market designs and regulatory challenges.
October 2025 State of Affairs: Five Production Platforms and What They Taught Me
A candid look at Intent Solutions' current projects: DiagnosticPro, Hustle, CostPlusDB, ClaudeCodePlugins, and what running five production platforms simultaneously teaches you about deployment velocity.
Intent Solutions Portfolio 2025: Five Production Platforms and the Architecture Behind 4-Day Deployments
Deep dive into Intent Solutions' five production platforms: DiagnosticPro, Hustle, CostPlusDB, ClaudeCodePlugins, and the technical architecture enabling concept-to-production deployment in days, not months.
Scaling AI Batch Processing: Enhancing 235 Plugins with Vertex AI Gemini on the Free Tier
Building an overnight batch processing system to enhance 235 Claude Code plugins using Vertex AI Gemini 2.0 Flash - complete with rate limiting, SQLite audit trails, and Turso disaster recovery. The full technical journey from conservative 90s delays to optimized 45s processing.
Scaling AI Systems: Production Batch Processing with Built-In Disaster Recovery
Scaling AI Systems: Production Batch Processing with Built-In Disaster Recovery
Building Production-Grade CI/CD: From Documentation Chaos to Automated Deployment
Building Production-Grade CI/CD: From Documentation Chaos to Automated Deployment
Deploying Next.js 15 to Google Cloud Run: From Zero to HTTPS in 2 Hours
Complete guide to deploying Next.js 15 with Docker to Google Cloud Run, configuring custom domains, SSL certificates, and global load balancing. Real troubleshooting included.
Building Production-Grade Testing Infrastructure: A Playwright + GitHub Actions Case Study
How I implemented enterprise-grade testing infrastructure with Playwright, GitHub Actions CI/CD, and automated quality gates for a production survey system - complete with debugging journey and lessons learned.
Making a Youth Sports App COPPA-Compliant: The Real Process From Question to Production
A complete walkthrough of implementing COPPA-compliant legal framework for a youth athlete tracking app, including the questions asked, solutions tried, failures encountered, and the final production release.
Hybrid AI Stack: Reduce AI API Costs by 60-80% with Intelligent Request Routing
Production-ready AI orchestration system that intelligently routes requests between local CPU-based models and cloud APIs to slash costs by 60-80%. Complete architecture, deployment guide, and ROI analysis.
Terraform for AI Infrastructure: Complete Learning Guide from Zero to Production
Comprehensive Terraform learning resource covering core concepts, best practices, state management, modules, and real-world examples for AI and cloud infrastructure deployment.
Self-Hosting n8n on Contabo VPS: Enterprise Automation for $0/Month
Self-Hosting n8n on Contabo VPS: Enterprise Automation for $0/Month
Leading Complex System Onboarding: From Documentation to Infrastructure Access
How I approached onboarding a Senior Cybersecurity Engineer to a complex multi-project platform, building reusable frameworks and solving real infrastructure challenges.
Enterprise Documentation Transformation: Git-Native TaskWarrior Workflows for Platform Reorganization
How to systematically transform production platforms using git-native documentation workflows, TaskWarrior CLI integration, and enterprise-grade organizational patterns. A real case study from DiagnosticPro platform reorganization.
Transforming Complex N8N Workflows: From Analysis to Enterprise Tech Intelligence Platform
Transforming Complex N8N Workflows: From Analysis to Enterprise Tech Intelligence Platform
Enterprise Software Transformation: From Framework to Production Server - A Project Management Case Study
Enterprise Software Transformation: From Framework to Production Server - A Project Management Case Study
Building Multi-Platform Developer Tools: Scaling an Open-Source Project from 1 to 5 Platforms
Building Multi-Platform Developer Tools: Scaling an Open-Source Project from 1 to 5 Platforms
Building a 254-Table BigQuery Schema in 72 Hours
How we architected and deployed a massive 254-table BigQuery schema in just 72 hours, handling data from multiple sources at scale with 10,000 records/second throughput
Building DiagnosticPro: AI-Powered Vehicle Diagnostics Platform
How we built a professional-grade AI vehicle diagnostics platform in days, not months - featuring GPT-4, 254+ BigQuery tables, and multi-source data pipelines