Insights

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from the studio.

Occasional writing on engineering practice, product craft and the discipline of operating technology companies for the long term.

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Field notesOct 2026

The end of the SaaS aesthetic

Software that looks the same tends to think the same. A short essay on the visual monoculture of modern SaaS, and what a return to editorial craft might look like.

8 min read

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Engineering
Why we still write our own infrastructure
Sep 2026
12 min
03
Interview
A conversation on long-horizon product teams
Aug 2026
22 min
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Applied AI
Small models, large deployments
Jul 2026
14 min
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Design
The typography of interfaces you trust
Jun 2026
9 min

Field notesfrom the studio.

The end of the SaaS aesthetic

Field notes
from the studio.