Thoughts on AI-assisted development, sports technology, and building software at startup speed.
The 2026 World Cup runs 104 matches across three countries with 48 teams, semi-automated offside, a connected match ball, and AI tracking every player on every touch. Here's what the tech actually does and what product builders can learn from it.
Read more →Not someday, not in a pitch deck. Ten places AI is already running in pro and college sports today, from officiating and injury prevention to broadcast and ticketing, and what each one teaches you about deploying AI in your own product.
Read more →The Men's College World Series in Omaha looks the same as ever, but underneath it every pitch is tracked, every swing is modeled, and the automated strike zone is no longer a someday idea. A look at how analytics reached college baseball's biggest stage.
Read more →Hiring a full-time CTO is expensive and slow. Hiring no one is risky. Here's the honest framework for when a fractional CTO is the right call, what they actually do, and what they cost.
Read more →You built a working demo with Lovable, Bolt, Cursor, or Claude Code. Real users want it. Investors are circling. Here's the honest playbook for taking an AI-generated prototype to a product you can stake your company on.
Read more →Honest, opinionated breakdown of the four AI coding tools founders actually use in 2026. What each is genuinely good at, what each will quietly ruin your weekend over, and how to pick.
Read more →On May 5, 1862, an outnumbered Mexican militia stopped the best army in the world on a muddy hill in Puebla. The lesson for small teams in 2026: terrain beats troop count, and AI is your terrain.
Read more →Before you ship that vibe-coded app to real users, walk this checklist. Seven categories, twenty-one specific checks, no jargon. The difference between a launch and a learning experience.
Read more →Three roles, three price points, three very different outcomes. How to pick the right kind of senior technical help for your startup, with honest tradeoffs and pricing.
Read more →Augusta National's 90th Masters debuts agentic AI search across 50 years of footage, real-time ball tracking, and AI commentary for 20,000+ shots. The most tradition-bound institution in sports is quietly building the future of fan experience.
Read more →82% of organizations carry security debt. 1 in 3 AI-generated code snippets has a flaw. Speed without review is a time bomb.
Read more →CS enrollment just dropped 8.1%. Tech hiring of new grads is down 55% since 2019. We're building a senior developer shortage that will hit in 5-7 years.
Read more →MLB's automated strike zone just went live. FIFA is scanning every player into 3D. 82% of sports organizations now deploy AI. The transformation is here.
Read more →A VC built hundreds of thousands of lines of code in two weeks. But 1 in 3 AI-generated snippets has a security flaw. The future isn't about speed. It's about judgment.
Read more →CircleCI's 2026 data shows teams writing 59% more code but shipping less reliably. Here's what the rapid prototyping gold rush is getting wrong.
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