PDFs Are Feedback Traps
4 min read
PDF comments are easy to add and hard to extract. I built a browser-based tool that turns trapped annotations into actionable Markdown.
Development
Writing
Software, AWS, and the work of explaining technical products.
Terminal Velocity: Accelerate Your Workflow with the Command Line
7 min read
Why I keep going back to the terminal, what a shell is, and the small set of commands that can carry you across nearly any machine.
Development
Avoiding Hype: How to Write Honestly About Complex Products
5 min read
Hype kills credibility with technical buyers. Here's how I try to write about complex products without sounding like a press release.
Technical Marketing
The Key to Technical Marketing: Find Your LEGO Level
4 min read
Technical marketing sits between engineers who know everything and customers who need to know enough. Figuring out where you are on that spectrum is most of the job.
Technical Marketing
Building Static Sites with AWS S3 and CloudFront
★ FEATURED16 min read
A practical guide to deploying a statically exported site with a private S3 origin and CloudFront. Covers account setup, clean URLs, caching, invalidation, and ongoing maintenance.
Development