Writing / engineering field notes

Thinking through systems in public.

Notes on backend engineering, applied AI, product decisions, and the practical constraints that shape dependable software.

01

Building for a Market That Runs on WhatsApp

Real estate in Belize doesn't start with a form submission. It starts with a Facebook post and a WhatsApp message — and the software has to meet buyers where they already are.

BelizeProductReal Estate Tech
2 min read
02

An AI Concierge That Only Knows What You've Approved

For Cayo Basecamp, the AI's constraint is the feature. A hospitality concierge that answers only from the host's approved guidebook — nothing from the open web — and uses failed answers to improve itself.

AISaaSHospitalityBelize
3 min read
03

Simulating a Transit System Before Building It

Demand-responsive transit is too expensive to experiment with in production. Here's how I built a simulation platform for comparing dispatch algorithms — and why reproducibility was a first-class requirement.

ResearchSimulationSmart Mobility
3 min read