Reading

Below is a list of resources I return to or believe are worth reading, these are mostly here for my own reference but also for others who may find them useful.

AI

Building AI Products—Part I: Back-end Architecture (Phil Calçado)

Phil Calçado shares the technical journey of developing an AI-powered Chief of Staff tool that scaled to 10,000 users, ultimately leading to the creation of Outropy, a developer platform for building AI products. As expected, Phil brings solid engineering experience, principles, and patterns to the design of an agentic system. He outlines some of the paths and trade-offs taken in designing Outropy.

Product

Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future

The notorious book by Peter Thiel and Blake Masters. An insightly quick read that I find provides interesting framing for thinking about startups and products. Also good as an audiobook while traveling.