Writing

Essays & articles

Long-form thinking on AI infrastructure, developer tools, and how engineering teams actually work. Some lives here, some on Substack, and some on publications I've written for. External pieces open in a new tab.

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Three essays, 2024 to 2026. One throughline, getting sharper.

2024 The Rise of Tireless Digital Employees Why AI agents will transform work, like it or not. Read on Substack (opens in new tab)
2025 What Atlassian's $1B DX Acquisition Means for the Developer Productivity Market How DX went from $5M to $1B, and what the deal signals for the developer-tooling market. Read on Substack (opens in new tab)
2026 Block Cut 4,000 Jobs and Blamed AI. The Truth is More Complicated. Block just showed every CEO in America the AI layoff playbook. Read on Substack (opens in new tab)

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2022

RIP Revue (on Substack, opens in new tab)
Dec 28, 2022
8 New Ideas for Dev Interrupted Season 3
Dec 24, 2022
FTX crash, in person podcasts & Twitter on fire (on Substack, opens in new tab)
Nov 14, 2022
How to lose $400k overnight (on Substack, opens in new tab)
Jun 11, 2022
Infrastructure for decentralized money: Terra x Flux
May 3, 2022
8 ways to grow your career while working from home
Apr 29, 2022
4 Lessons from Crashing a 1700+ Person Livestream
Apr 20, 2022
30 million people saw my tweet this week (on Substack, opens in new tab)
Mar 27, 2022
Food Waste, Web3 & more (on Substack, opens in new tab)
Jan 29, 2022

2021

New podcast Tuesday (on Substack, opens in new tab)
Nov 28, 2021
The First Issue (on Substack, opens in new tab)
Sep 18, 2021
Lessons Learned from Programming at Google: Part 1 (on Dev Interrupted, opens in new tab)
Jul 7, 2021
OpenTelemetry: A Way to Achieve Observability (on Dev Interrupted, opens in new tab)
Jun 29, 2021
Washington campaign workers uniting for better pay, benefits (on The Stand, opens in new tab)
Mar 12, 2021
Why electric cars won't solve climate change Also in Planetizen (opens in new tab) IAI (opens in new tab)
Feb 23, 2021
How can Challenger Sales methodology help your marketing? Also in Olive + Goose (opens in new tab)
Feb 6, 2021
What do different Twitter emojis mean?
Feb 6, 2021
How to get your email opened and read: 5 tips on email marketing
Feb 4, 2021
Challenger Marketing Content—How to make an effective digital marketing funnel
Feb 1, 2021
Growing the Green Economy Podcast: A new project!
Feb 1, 2021
Celebrating Two Years of Writing and What’s Next
Jan 8, 2021

2020

How to Subscribe to a Twitch Streamer Using Amazon Prime
Dec 16, 2020
The Energy Side of Blockchain, Bitcoin, & Cryptocurrency
Nov 30, 2020
Will Voting on Blockchain keep elections fair and transparent?
Nov 25, 2020
I’m 6'1″ 220 lbs — and a victim of domestic abuse
Nov 24, 2020
6 ways the Democratic party failed in the 2020 elections and the 6 ways to fix it
Nov 23, 2020
How mass timber helps stop wildfires and builds the green economy Also in Planetizen (opens in new tab)
Nov 11, 2020
How to save modern media Also in Medium (opens in new tab)
Nov 9, 2020
So you've decided to run as a Democrat? Congrats, you're a socialist.
Nov 6, 2020
What is Weatherization? -Building the Green Economy with the Biden Climate Plan
Nov 1, 2020
What is ST 2040: Expanding Washington's Public Transit With Biden's Clean Energy Plan Also in The Urbanist (opens in new tab) Planetizen (opens in new tab)
Oct 26, 2020
How to Redefine US Agriculture for Working Families
Oct 24, 2020
Divest Washington State's Public Employees Retirement System
Oct 16, 2020
A Green New Deal for Washington State
Oct 15, 2020
A time for intellectual humility
Oct 9, 2020
October 2020 Update: Mass Timber, PSBJ, Podcast, and Patreon
Oct 2, 2020
Opinion: Seattle's Talaris campus needs dense affordable housing (on Puget Sound Business Journal, opens in new tab)
Oct 1, 2020
How to pitch a story to media: 5 tips and best practices
Sep 21, 2020
To Address the Climate Crisis We Must Incentivize Passive House Buildings (on The Urbanist, opens in new tab) Also in Cascade Built (opens in new tab)
Sep 16, 2020
5 Email Hacks: Tips + Tricks to Get the Information You Need
Sep 9, 2020
Washington State Bill Supporting Blockchain Industry is Now Law Also in Coinlaw
Aug 24, 2020
August 2020 Life Update
Aug 22, 2020
Regulation, Audit, and Compliance in the Identity Economy
Feb 21, 2020
Access Management: Beyond Passwords and Permissions
Feb 12, 2020
Why Digital Identity is the Foundation of Modern Business
Jan 15, 2020
How political campaigns can effectively use chatbots and AI Also in Voice Tech Podcast (opens in new tab)
Jan 8, 2020

2019

Opinion: Cross-Laminated Timber Can Help the Northwest Lead on the Green New Deal (on Puget Sound Business Journal, opens in new tab)
Nov 25, 2019
Why Jay Inslee Should Embrace Cross Laminated Timber Also in Planetizen (opens in new tab)
Nov 18, 2019
Global Cybersecurity Regulation: Europe's Strong Customer Authentication (SCA) Should Be the Groundwork (on Medium, opens in new tab)
Nov 7, 2019
Writing Update: September 2019
Sep 4, 2019
Developing Challenger Content: Constructive Teaching (on Olive + Goose, opens in new tab)
Aug 29, 2019
The Importance of Aligning Your Marketing and Sales Organizations: The Challenger Sale (on Olive + Goose, opens in new tab)
Jun 20, 2019
Twilight Imperium – How playing a board game is the best exercise for your brain
Jun 8, 2019
Washington State's Blockchain Bill Signed Into Law (on Coinlaw, opens in new tab)
May 9, 2019
The Effect of Blockchain Regulation on Washington State's Fintech Community (on Olive + Goose, opens in new tab)
Mar 7, 2019
Washington State Senate Unanimously Passes Blockchain Bill
Mar 6, 2019
Washington State Blockchain Bill Poised to Kickstart Fintech Innovation (on Coinlaw, opens in new tab)
Feb 20, 2019
Seattle Should Lead on Mass Timber–and Solve Our Housing Crisis Also in The Urbanist (opens in new tab)
Feb 15, 2019
Senate Bill 5638: What Does the New “Blockchain Bill” Mean for Washington State? Also in CoinReview (opens in new tab)
Feb 5, 2019
Portland got it right – Seattle needs E-Scooters too
Jan 29, 2019
Seattle’s beverage tax is a symptom of Washington’s upside-down tax system
Jan 22, 2019