// writing & talks

Explaining the unglamorous parts out loud

I write and record about the parts of building AI systems that don't make it into the demo — retries, rate limits, and what "it works on my machine" turns into at production traffic. I also make it for whoever's paying attention on The Black Tech Experience.

// guest post

Wrote this for EZThrottle, a multi-region HTTP proxy that races outbound API calls across regions — the way Cloudflare routes inbound traffic, but for the requests your app makes to things like OpenAI and Stripe.

EZTHROTTLE.NETWORK

Making Failure Boring Again

Why client-side retries fall apart during a partial regional outage, and how region-racing outbound requests across providers — the way Cloudflare routes inbound traffic — turns a 3am page into a non-event. Includes the real math on what a DIY retry queue costs once it needs its own team.

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// on video

TUTORIAL // MAKE.COM

5 Minutes of Make: Auto-Notify Subscribers

Part of an ongoing series breaking down no-code/low-code automation builds in under five minutes — for The Black Tech Experience.

AD // DOCFETCH

DocFetch CPA Ad

Wrote, shot, and edited a direct-response ad for DocFetch aimed at accountants and bookkeepers chasing client paperwork.

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