Notes from shipped systems.
Technical and founder writing from the products I have built: backend architecture, commerce operations, AI research tools, social systems, migrations, and publishing.
Inside the Blitzit 3.0 backend rewrite
Blitzit 3.0 was the rewrite where routes turned into a runtime: Fastify, MongoDB, Redis, BullMQ, integration plugins, MCP, AI tools, and tests around the risky parts.
Undo Is the Real AI Feature: Building a Git for Tasks
Blitzy can move tasks, reorder boards, create follow-ups, and delete stale work. The feature that made that safe was a small Git-like history for tasks.
The integration plugin system behind Blitzit
Every provider had its own habits. The plugin system gave Blitzit one way to host those differences.
The admin dashboard that ran MaddyCustom
The storefront took orders. The admin dashboard helped the team understand what needed to happen after that.
Building Avana like a research desk
Avana had to help investors ask better questions before they reached a broker, lawyer, or developer.
Building trust into an anonymous college network
Anonymous college products live on a thin line. Students need freedom, and the system still has to stay safe enough to use tomorrow.
A background remover is mostly a job system
The user uploads an image and waits. The backend has to make that wait durable.
Why I made Dailicle weekly
Dailicle is built around the small ritual of reading one good essay a week and learning something that stays in your head for a few days.