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2026

2026-05-02 The five-minute architecture review A lightweight review that catches the expensive mistakes without the heavyweight ceremony. 2026-04-22 Why I built llamactl A process manager for local models, and the itch that led to it. 2026-03-10 Managing without meetings How a small team replaced standups with written updates, and the one part that did not work. 2026-02-01 Apple Silicon local LLM notes Scattered notes on memory, throughput, and what actually fits.

2025

2025-11-18 What I look for in a staff engineer The staff title is not a reward for tenure. Here is the actual bar. 2025-09-05 Quantization is a product decision Choosing a quantization level is not a tuning knob. It is a call about what the model is for.