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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Architecting a Production Multi-Agent AI Platform: Technical Leadership in Action

Architecting a Production Multi-Agent AI Platform: Technical Leadership in Action

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Scaling AI Systems: Production Batch Processing with Built-In Disaster Recovery

Scaling AI Systems: Production Batch Processing with Built-In Disaster Recovery

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Building Production-Grade CI/CD: From Documentation Chaos to Automated Deployment

Building Production-Grade CI/CD: From Documentation Chaos to Automated Deployment

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Self-Hosting n8n on Contabo VPS: Enterprise Automation for $0/Month

Self-Hosting n8n on Contabo VPS: Enterprise Automation for $0/Month

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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.

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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.

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Transforming Complex N8N Workflows: From Analysis to Enterprise Tech Intelligence Platform

Transforming Complex N8N Workflows: From Analysis to Enterprise Tech Intelligence Platform

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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

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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

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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

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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

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