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Thoughts on engineering, AI, and building products.

50 Hackers, a Transit Strike, and One Incredible Day in Hamburg
March 1, 2026

50 Hackers, a Transit Strike, and One Incredible Day in Hamburg

We ran our first aviation-themed hackathon with the Social Developers Club. 50 people showed up despite a national transit strike, and the projects blew us away.

HackathonAICommunity
Demystifying AI Agents at GDG Hamburg DevFest 2025
November 20, 2025

Demystifying AI Agents at GDG Hamburg DevFest 2025

Key takeaways from my DevFest Hamburg talk on what AI agents actually are, why mega agents fail, and how multi-agent systems solve real problems.

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Building Real-Time UIs with the Gemini API
August 15, 2025

Building Real-Time UIs with the Gemini API

Lessons learned from building streamed, generative UIs with structured output from Google's Gemini API and Vue.js.

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How I Killed My "Side Project Graveyard"
June 1, 2025

How I Killed My "Side Project Graveyard"

Boilerplate friction is the number one killer of side projects. Here's how I broke the cycle and built RaumRadar in just five days using AI.

AIProductivityVue.js
June 15, 2024

Building Call-Thing: A 7-Month AI Phone Agent Post-Mortem

I built a fully autonomous AI phone agent for restaurant reservations. Then OpenAI released Voice Mode and I killed the project. Here's what was under the hood.

AIPythonPost-Mortem
March 1, 2023

Hello World: Why I Started Writing

After years of building products and speaking at events, I'm finally putting thoughts to paper. Here's why a blog felt like the right next step.

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