Opinion
Thoughts on systems, data, and decision-making
Usually shaped by things that didn't behave as expected. Shorter takes, mental models, and the small ideas I keep returning to.
- 2026-04-13What Building a Baby Monitor Taught Me About ML and Coding AgentsPart 2 of a series on BILBO, a home-built baby monitor. Six opinions about privacy architecture and shipping ML under real constraints, the bugs that cost me a morning each, and the new failure modes coding agents introduce that nobody is talking about yet.
- 2025-11-30Failure Probability Modeling: A Practical Framework for Distributed ReliabilityA practical guide (with examples) to using statistical modeling to understand, predict, and prevent mysterious failures in modern distributed systems.
- 2025-11-23Eight Short Stories About Engineers Who Quietly Save the Day With StatisticsMost software engineers spend years sharpening their coding skills but go surprisingly far without understanding the statistical forces shaping their systems. Here are eight stories of engineers solving real problems with stats.