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I Gave PLAYGRND a 12-Thread AI Team
How I organized Codex into twelve bounded product workstreams without turning one shared repository into chaos.
Field notes.
Practical notes from backend engineering and building products, plus occasional writing about business, family, and ambition.
Search results.
8 notes for “Product”
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I Think in Compressed Models
Why abstraction helps me connect systems quickly, where compression errors become dangerous, and how I separate creative synthesis from cold validation.
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I Wanted a Break From Prompting, So I Planted Some Trees
What started as a quiet plan for planting trees became an interactive 2D and 3D masterplan for 8,615 square metres of family land.
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Why Memoato Is Becoming a Trustworthy Context Product
What started as a personal memory app is becoming a context layer for people and AI agents, without abandoning the personal product that exposed the real problem.
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Why I Use WhatsApp for PLAYGRND Login and Claims
For PLAYGRND, WhatsApp is not a gimmick. It is the channel users already trust, so login and profile claims should meet them there.
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What PLAYGRND Is Teaching Me About Building Faster With AI
PLAYGRND is my practical example of how a small team can move faster with AI without letting AI replace product and engineering judgment.
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I Ship to Production From My Phone With an Old Laptop and Wasp
How I set up mobile first development and direct production deploys using an old laptop, Tailscale, tmux, Telegram notifications, Cloudflare Tunnel, and Wasp.
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How I Built a Free AI-Powered Life Management System (and transformed my daily workflow)
How I use Obsidian + Gemini CLI to create a free, AI-powered life management system that outperforms expensive productivity tools and provides strategic insights.