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  • The Maintenance Trap in the AI Era – Part 2

    The Maintenance Trap in the AI Era – Part 2

    3–4 minutes

    In my previous post, I wrote about the maintenance trap from an individual’s perspective. The pressure to continuously learn.The anxiety of staying relevant.The challenge of balancing the day job while adapting to the AI era. This challenge becomes exponentially harder at an organisational level. Because organisations are ultimately collections of human systems. And AI is… Read more

  • Thriving in the AI Era: A Week of Reflection

    Thriving in the AI Era: A Week of Reflection

    4–7 minutes

    A Week Without Meetings This week I had what I would call a dream calendar. No meetings. Last week I was mentally preparing myself to conquer the world. The sky was the limit. But I also know reality well enough by now. As a manager, something unexpected always arrives. A surprise escalation. A context switch.… Read more

  • Part 3 – 70 Followers Later

    Part 3 – 70 Followers Later

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    This is the last post in the 3-part series – faceless AI experiment. Before I started writing custom code, I wanted to see what the market already offered. In the previous post, I wrote about the existing tools I validated to fit my use-case. The goal of my 6-week experiment was to validate my content… Read more

  • Pushing the Limits with Audio, Video, and Fictional Avatars

    Pushing the Limits with Audio, Video, and Fictional Avatars

    2–3 minutes

    This post is Part-2 of my faceless AI experiment. Once the visual and text foundation of my faceless Instagram channel was set, I wanted to push the boundaries into video and audio. Part of my core value offering for these Reels was creating entirely unique songs. Given that I work at DistroKid, I already had… Read more

  • Applying Batch Cooking to Engineering Leadership

    Applying Batch Cooking to Engineering Leadership

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    For the past few weeks, I’ve had a nagging feeling that my hands-on AI work had stalled. I am way past being the “new kid” at work. I started a new job last September 2025. You only get to be new once. Eventually, the honeymoon phase of pure exploration gives way to the reality of… Read more

  • The Faceless AI Experiment: 6 Weeks, 10+ Tools, and the Instagram Algorithm

    The Faceless AI Experiment: 6 Weeks, 10+ Tools, and the Instagram Algorithm

    2–3 minutes

    This post is Part of my 3 part-series – The Faceless AI Experiment. Part 1: The Spark, The Setup, and Solving the Visual Stack I am finally back on the blog after almost a month away. While the energy at the EWL conference recently was positively contagious, in today’s post I want to share about… Read more

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