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Field notes for backend-heavy products

Essays on AI systems, search APIs, workflow products, and the engineering decisions that keep product-critical loops reliable.

Risograph illustration of books and reading notes.

Apr 12, 2026 / 2 min read

Designing Search APIs for Agentic Workflows

Agent-facing search APIs need more than links. They need source-aware results, clean markdown, compact context, and predictable failure modes.

AI SearchRAGBackend
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Mar 28, 2026 / 2 min read

Building Backend Systems That Reduce External Dependencies

Reducing dependency sprawl is not about avoiding vendors. It is about owning the product-critical loops that define reliability, cost, and iteration speed.

BackendSaaSInfrastructure
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Feb 18, 2026 / 1 min read

Production Workflows Need Action Signals, Not Just Dashboards

Dashboards show what happened. Operational systems become useful when they surface the next action quickly enough for teams to change the outcome.

OperationsWorkflow SystemsProduct Engineering