Articles

Longer versions of what I post on LinkedIn, kept here so they don't disappear into the feed.

• When something is broken, build around it.

  2026-07-24

  Gmail's MCP server wraps every link in a tracking redirect before sending. Here's the n8n webhook workaround, and why MCP doesn't have to be the only path.

• “That’s not a governance model, that’s hope.”

  2026-07-22

  Hiring a vendor for a technology project isn't the same as having an advisor on your side of the table, and it shows up in the budget and the timeline.

• The AI writing tool I built so I would stop sounding like a press release

  2026-07-20

  "Write in my voice" is not an instruction, it's a specification. What I learned building a tool that drafts posts against an actual voice profile.

• “Don’t confuse the demo with the finish line.”

  2026-07-17

  Most AI pilots don't fail because the model was wrong. They fail because nobody defined what happens after the demo.

• The boring problem I fixed by turning a guess into a number

  2026-07-15

  How a self-serve ROI calculator turns “we should probably do something with AI” into a real number, before the pricing conversation even starts.

• Why I don't let my AI job search tool submit anything

  2026-07-13

  It searches, scores, and shortlists job listings on its own. The final call to apply stays mine, every time.

• “We should probably do something with AI.”

  2026-07-10

  The sentence I hear most from small business owners, and why it's the wrong place to start.

• The boring problem I fixed by replacing a SaaS subscription

  2026-07-08

  How DevTracker replaced a paid project management tool with something owned outright.

• What I learned building dAvId Career Manager

  2026-07-06

  An AI resume tool that tailors applications in about a minute, built for my own job search first.