Product & Technology
Building the future, one product at a time.
Side projects, GenAI-native development patterns, and lessons from 25+ years of shipping products across identity verification, fintech, and digital marketplaces. 30 articles and growing.
From Terminal to Factory — Running Headless AI Agents 24/7
The step-by-step guide to transitioning from local Claude Code sessions to persistent, headless backend agents you control from your phone. Dispatch, remote control, agent teams, and event-driven automation.
The Perfect CLAUDE.md for Enterprise Software Engineering
How I use CLAUDE.md files to encode engineering excellence standards — turning tribal knowledge into enforceable, AI-augmented guardrails for building enterprise-grade SaaS.
Running Local LLMs — Qwen3-Coder, DeepSeek, MLX, and Apple Silicon
A practical guide to running powerful language models locally on Apple Silicon — model selection, MLX vs Ollama, quantization trade-offs, and when local beats cloud.
Agentic Development Patterns — Building Software with AI Agents
Practical patterns and workflows for agentic software development using Claude Code, Cursor, and local LLMs — from parallel workstreams to overnight agent factories.
NutriSpan — Gamifying Longevity Science
A React Native app that turns longevity optimization into a game — with a Longevity Impact Score, 1,000+ food database, daily checklists, streaks, and achievements grounded in peer-reviewed science.
SortFlex — 3D Configurator for Custom Holders & Mounts
A browser-based 3D design tool for custom holders, organizers, and mounts. Drag and drop everyday items onto a base plate, then 3D print at home or order a printed version shipped to your door.
AI-Driven Development — Agentic Coding in 2026
How agentic AI has transformed software development — from pair programming to autonomous coding agents, overnight agent factories, and vibe coding.
AI Product and Tech Resources
A curated collection of the most important AI tools, frameworks, and resources for product and tech leaders — updated for the agentic era.
Three-Tier AI Architecture — Deterministic Rules, ML Models, and LLM Agents
A practical framework for deciding when to use hard-coded rules, trained ML models, or LLM agents in production AI systems — with real examples from enterprise SaaS.
Prompting in the Agentic Era — From Prompt Engineering to System Design
How prompting has evolved from clever tricks to system-level specification — CLAUDE.md files, structured outputs, tool-use patterns, and when prompting still matters.
AI in a Nutshell — Models, Concepts, and the 2026 Landscape
A concise overview of AI models, fundamental concepts, and the current state of AI engineering — from frontier models to local LLMs and agentic systems.
The Overnight Agent Factory — Autonomous Development with Claude Code & Cursor
How I run parallel AI agents overnight to build production software while I sleep.
Applied AI & ML Ops — From Traditional MLOps to Agentic Infrastructure
How to bridge the gap between AI research and production — from classical MLOps to MCP servers, tool-use APIs, RAG pipelines, and agentic system infrastructure.
The Product Operating Model — Lessons from Marty Cagan
Breaking down the Product Operating Model from Cagan's Transformed — empowered teams, outcome-based governance, and the shift from feature factories to value delivery.
Insights-Driven Product Strategy
How to build a product strategy fueled by data, customer behavior, market trends, and experimentation rather than assumptions.
Priorities and Focus — The Most Underrated Competitive Advantage
Why organizations spread too thin and how a single prioritization framework, clear product vision, and the discipline to say no can transform delivery.
Product Vision and Strategy
How to craft a compelling product vision that is customer-centric, insight-driven, and leverages industry trends — with practical guidance on making it immersive.
Digitalization — Why Every Company Must Become a Tech Company
The 10 biggest mistakes in digital transformation and why companies that fail to put technology at their core will not survive.
Book Review: Zero to One — Peter Thiel
Key learnings from the book and a personal meeting with Peter Thiel on focus, scalability, hiring 10xers, and building the future.
How to Fix Software Product Delivery
A structured approach to diagnosing and fixing delivery bottlenecks in scaled organizations, based on the Delft University research framework.
Book Review: Transformational Products
How established companies can survive through continuous innovation — user behavior shifts, technology waves, monetization strategies, and platform thinking.
What Being a Pilot Taught Me About Product Development
Lessons from the cockpit on flight planning, real-time data, course corrections, error culture, and checklists — applied to business and product strategy.
Book Review: EMPOWERED — Notes from Marty Cagan
Comprehensive notes from the book and workshops with Marty Cagan on empowered product teams, strategic context, team topology, and product strategy.
Book Review: The Five Dysfunctions of a Team
Key learnings on building cohesive teams through trust, constructive conflict, commitment, accountability, and collective results.
Book Review: Platform Revolution in a Nutshell
How platforms leverage network effects to scale faster than traditional pipeline businesses — key concepts, design principles, and why platforms disrupt industries.
Book Review: Amp It Up — Summary and Checklists
Comprehensive notes from one of the strongest leadership books — covering standards, culture, focus, pace, and strategy transformation.
Book Review: Thinking Fast and Slow — Daniel Kahneman
Must-read insights on System 1 vs System 2 thinking, cognitive biases, loss aversion, and how understanding your brain leads to better decisions.
Book Review: Drive — The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us
Daniel Pink's framework for intrinsic motivation: autonomy, mastery, and purpose — and why it's so often ignored in practice.
Book Review: Rework — Jason Fried & David Heinemeier Hansson
Notes on simplicity, prioritization, execution speed, and building products that matter — lessons that influenced a decade of my thinking.
25 Years of Tech Leadership
An overview of Daniel Keller's career across product and technology leadership — from BMW to four successful company exits with a combined exit value over $1.6B.
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