Notes From the studio

Notes on building useful software.

Short notes on websites, systems, infrastructure, and the decisions behind the work.

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Dec 2025

How I built this site — design, code to production

The story behind the redesign — handing my old portfolio to Repaint for a visual overhaul, then rebuilding it from the design in Jekyll with...

Nov 2025

Microservices, quietly: what a small team actually needs

Microservices get a bad rap, mostly because people copy the FAANG version. Here is the much smaller, much saner version we run.

Oct 2025

When gRPC finally clicked (for me) and when I still pick REST

A short, opinionated guide to when gRPC pays for itself and when REST is still the right answer.

Notes from a small team building useful software for real organizations.