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Matthew Blode

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Essays on product craft, AI-assisted engineering, shipping fast, and zero-to-one work.

What it takes to turn separately drawn static weights into one variable font

Jul 28th, 2026 · 3 min read

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You do not win by being right. You win by finding out faster.

Jun 28th, 2026 · 3 min read

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Your career compounds like interest but only if you keep investing in learning

Jun 16th, 2026 · 2 min read

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It's obvious when you vibe coded your app, but it doesn't have to be

Apr 30th, 2026 · 2 min read

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We built a community the same way we build products

Mar 26th, 2026 · 2 min read

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Agent skills are becoming composable the way npm packages did

Feb 23rd, 2026 · 2 min read

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People can sense carelessness, even when they cannot see the code

Feb 2nd, 2026 · 2 min read

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