Writing
Field notes from the audit trail.
Essays on technical diligence, build audits, and architecture judgment — what we see from inside other people’s builds, written for the people who have to bet on them.
Build audits·September 13, 2026
The Demo Works. The Build Doesn’t.
Five failure patterns that surface in audit after audit — demo-ware architecture, integration debt, security afterthoughts, single-threaded teams, observability theater — and what a real review actually delivers.
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Technical diligence·September 13, 2026
Technical Diligence Is Not a Code Review
A code review asks whether the code is well written. Diligence asks whether the technology is a sound basis for the bet — and the red flags that should change deal terms.
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