Hi, I'm Jarred.
CTO at Tracktile — building simple, powerful software for food & beverage manufacturers. We help makers focus on making, not wrestling spreadsheets.
I ship code, break systems to understand them, and write about what I learn along the way.
I write about the messy reality of building software. The fires, the failures, and occasionally the wins.
How external task state with beads transformed my AI coding workflow from constant babysitting to autonomous execution of 17-task epics. Includes the complete skill set to replicate this workflow.
How shifting from vague specs to reviewable, AI-generated plans can quiet the chaos of software development and cut the cost of rework.
The prompts we use while building software with LLMs are as important as migrations, Dockerfiles, and ADRs. Why aren't we treating them that way?
A workflow pattern for using AI to move from messy brainstorming to clean implementation by forcing context distillation between planning and execution phases.
Before I learned to build systems, I learned to break them with help from mentors who didn't know they were mentoring.
Patrick Lencioni's The Five Dysfunctions of a Team is a fable about how to build a team that works.
My takeaways after reading Built To Sell by John Warrillow.
How Effective Product Management Creates Real Value
A Startup CTO's Guide to the Entrepreneurial Operating System
A Story About IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Succeed.