Software Engineering Lessons from the Field

I've spent the last 17+ years bouncing between startups, small teams, and government platforms — leading teams, shipping code, and occasionally breaking production (then fixing it). These days, I nerd out on cloud apps, backend systems, and the quirks of distributed software. This blog is my sandbox for sharing thoughts on engineering, leadership, and the odd lessons you only learn by building things in the real world.

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• Securing AI-Powered Applications (1 of 3): An Introduction

  Published: 7 Oct, 2025 |  at  08:30 AM

  This is the first article in our series on LLM security. We'll explore the threats you're facing and the defense-in-depth philosophy.

• Building Syria Daily Briefing: How I Used AI to Solve Information Fragmentation in Syrian News

  Published: 30 Sep, 2025 |  at  08:30 AM

  Sharing my journey building an AI-powered news aggregation system that processes news from multiple sources and provides a daily briefing.

Recent Posts

• Securing AI-Powered Applications (2 of 3): Implementing Technical Defense Strategies

  Published: 14 Oct, 2025 |  at  08:30 AM

  This is the second article in our series on LLM security. We'll dive into how to actually implement each security layer.