Iteration Is the First Production Force
Series: Engineering Judgment, Part 3
Many engineering teams can build the first version of a system. Fewer teams can keep changing it safely after reality
Why the Stainless Steel Starship Is an Engineering Lesson
Series: Engineering Judgment, Part 2
Many engineering failures do not begin with bad execution. They begin earlier, when a path looks technically correct but cannot
Why Most Parallel Execution Designs Fail
Every new L1 ships with the same marketing slide: a bar chart showing 100K TPS next to Ethereum's 15. Parallel execution is now
Note — 2026-06-20
There's a growing observability gap in blockchain infra. Systems are getting more complex but our tools haven't kept up.
Note — 2026-06-19
Modularity gives you flexibility at the cost of integration complexity.