Founders & VCs // GATED
Pre-Series A Technical Due Diligence Checklist
The exact checklist I use to get startups diligence-ready before the call that decides the round.
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Things you can take and use today.
No strings beyond your email where noted. Downloadable assets are being added — gated pieces feed the email sequence; light pieces are free.
Non-technical founders hiring // GATED
5 Questions to Ask When Interviewing Your Next Lead Engineer
How a non-technical founder can tell a strong senior hire from an expensive mistake.
Founders with a fragile AI MVP // GATED
AI-MVP Rescue Triage Checklist
The audit menu I run on a fragile AI-built MVP, covering architecture, security, scalability, and what to fix first.
Idea-stage founders // GATED
The 30-Day MVP Launch Checklist
The distilled 14-step framework and what 'the one feature users will pay for' actually means.
Prototype / scaling founders // GATED
Sample Architecture Teardown PDF
See what the paid teardown delivers: diagrams, ER schemas, and documented tradeoff notes.
SMEs & agencies // FREE
The AI Opportunity Map for Operators
Where AI realistically pays off inside ERP, CRM, LMS, HRMS, and CMS, without the hype.
Engineers & the technically curious // FREE
First-Principles Essays
Why 90% of technical debt is over-engineering, daring to stay with the chaos, and compiler/runtime explainers.