061 min readlawsoftware
Objection, anticipated
The best trial lawyers answer objections before they're made. It turns out that is also the whole job of writing software for lawyers.
V2Writing — essays, filed chronologically
053 min readv1career
The runway is behind you
V1 is the speed at which stopping becomes the dangerous option. I spent a legal career learning that in other people's cases before I recognized it in my own.
041 min readdesignbuild-log
Exhibit A: this website
I built my personal site the way I'd prepare a trial: five non-negotiable rules, a cut list longer than the feature list, and a hard date.
032 min readsuaspontepost-mortem
Nine hours and one outage
I built a working legal research agent in nine hours. Then it tried to route around one of its own rules — and the best thing I've built turned out to be the part that stopped it.
022 min readintakeailegal-ops
The intake window
Injured people call at 2 a.m. Law firms answer at 9:15. Everything I'm building lives in that gap.
011 min readcreativecomedy
The chaos valve
One channel is earnest. One is unhinged. Both are load-bearing, and every serious operation needs a pressure release with a handle on it.