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Insights on finance, deal structures, systems, and building. 11 articles.

AI Workflow & Context Engineering

Agentic Engineering: What Replaced Vibe Coding

Karpathy coined agentic engineering as vibe coding's professional counterpart. Here's the methodology — task decomposition, review gates, and real walkthroughs.

AI Workflow & Context Engineering

How I Use Agentic AI to Run a One-Person Company

I manage CRE deals, dozens of trading strategies, IoT hardware, and iOS apps — alone. Here's what agentic AI actually does in my daily workflow, not what it could.

Solo Founder Operations

What Breaks When You Automate Everything as a Solo Founder

I run a fleet of automated trading systems, IoT hardware, and an iOS app — all solo. Here's what actually breaks, how failures cascade, and what I've learned you can't automate.

Automation & Trading

How I Built 54 Trading Bots as a Side Project

I run 54 trading bots across 5 markets. Here's what 3 years taught me about strategy decay, slippage, correlated drawdowns, and what actually breaks.

Building in Public

How I Build in Public as a Technical Founder

I run a multi-market trading infrastructure, ship iOS apps, and build IoT hardware — all solo. Here's what I share, what I keep private, and why transparency compounds.

Automation & Systems

Solo Founder Automation Stack: 54 Python Bots

I run 54 automated bots on a single Mac using Python and launchctl — for $8/month. Full architecture, real failures, and cost analysis vs. cloud.

Hardware & PropTech

Why I'm a Commercial Real Estate Sales Associate Who Codes

I'm a licensed CRE sales associate who also runs production trading infrastructure and ships software. Here's why commercial real estate's tech gap is my biggest competitive advantage.

Finance

Financial Modeling Fundamentals for M&A

DCF, LBO, and merger models explained — the three financial models that drive every M&A valuation, with synergy frameworks and sensitivity analysis.