Corn vs Dumplings: The Hidden Architecture of Everything That Works
You're not building platforms. You're building burrito bars.
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Thoughts on software, development, and technology.
The Box, The Calculator, The API
Container ships, ATMs, and prior auth APIs aren't different innovations. They're the same innovation—compression—applied to different domains.
How I'm Thinking About Prior Authorization Compression
The future of prior auth isn't incremental improvement. It's compression—from 18 manual steps to 4 automated ones.
Move 37: Why We're Measuring AI Wrong
The right question isn't "Is this AI as smart as a PhD?" It's "Can this AI find Move 37 in this domain?"
The Constitution Was a Move 37
The human equivalent of AlphaGo's breakthrough wasn't a lone genius. It was 55 minds in parallel processing for four months.
Ghost Raisins
We're picking out raisins from desserts we stopped serving, for restaurants that closed, following regulations that expired.
Regulatory Judo
How to use compliance mandates as leverage instead of fighting them.
Proof of Concept Purgatory
Where promising ideas go to die—and how to escape.
Side Hustles as Career Labs
Why I use side projects as a safe offline learning environment—and how they've shaped my career.