Notes

Field notes from building in production

Occasional writing on AI systems, SaaS architecture, and the long-form work of shipping serious software. No newsletters, no funnels — just notes.

AI Systems12 min

Gemini & Vertex AI in production — what actually works

Notes from building the AdShort AI pipeline: prompt design, structured outputs, multilingual generation, and the retry patterns that turn a fragile demo into a system you can leave running overnight.

May 18, 2026

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AI Systems9 min

NLP-based lead extraction with Gemini — a chatbot case study

Pulling names, emails, and phone numbers out of natural chat without users feeling interrogated. What worked while building AslasChat — schema design, prompt patterns, and the verification layer.

May 06, 2026

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Backend10 min

Modular NestJS backends that survive a team change

How I structure NestJS projects so a new engineer can land on a feature in an hour instead of a week. Module boundaries, dependency rules, and the small conventions that compound.

April 22, 2026

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SaaS11 min

Multi-tenant RBAC from scratch — without the regret

Three engagements in, here's the auth + roles setup I keep reaching for. JWT, refresh, role hierarchies, and the seams you'll actually want when the org chart shifts.

April 09, 2026

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Web8 min

Next.js SSR for e-commerce, the boring honest version

From Chinioti Wooden Art: how I think about SSR vs dynamic rendering, MongoDB schemas built for aggregation, and where to put the image optimization so mobile actually loads.

March 17, 2026

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Automation10 min

Automating the ad pipeline — 60% faster, 75% less manual

A retrospective on the AdShort AI engagement: where the AI helped, where it didn't, and the boring orchestration work that did most of the actual lifting.

February 28, 2026

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