Notes
Writing, from Cybind.
Short essays on shipping software, modern AI, and the shape of small studios in 2026.
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A senior engineer plus AI
What one person with two decades of shipping can now own — and what hasn't changed.
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Cybind is one person. On purpose.
After twenty years inside teams, running a studio solo is a choice — not a stage. The reasons hold up better than I expected.
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The Locast years
Shipping a free over-the-air TV streaming service to millions of Americans, and watching it end in a courtroom.
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Twenty years of shipping taught me one thing
The hype cycles come and go. The craft that survives them is smaller and quieter than anybody wants to admit.
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One codebase, five sauce brands
What happens when one food company owns Ken's, Kogi, Sweet Baby Ray's, and Sticky Fingers — and wants every website to move at the same speed.
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Jaybird DXP — the tool that shipped every other tool
An internal headless content platform is usually the force multiplier nobody writes a case study about. Here's how ours came to be.
More notes will appear when they do. Not scheduled, not a list — just a slow-feed of things worth writing down.