Two ways to leverage AI
There are two ways to leverage AI, and they're two different games, not two steps of the same journey. Mix them up without a mental model and it gets confusing fast.
Mikael Baron
You shipped fast.
Now it needs to actually work.
AI got you to MVP. That's the easy part. Turning a fragile prototype into something that scales — with architecture that holds, teams that deliver, and engineering practices that don't slow you down — that's where I come in.
15+ years building systems and teams at
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What I do
AI-MVP → Real Product
For founders whose AI-built prototype is starting to show cracks. Architecture, team setup, engineering practices — I get it production-ready.
Fractional CTO
Embedded technical leadership for teams refreshing their stack or shipping something new. I start with a concrete delivery, earn the standing, then broaden.
Founder Mentoring
Structured sessions for founders stuck in product discovery. Problem framing, user insight, roadmap prioritisation — one direction instead of four.
From the blog
AI is the most powerful amplifier ever built. What are you amplifying?
Most advice about AI is about speed and leverage. Almost nobody talks about the prerequisite: knowing what you're building and why. Without that, AI is a drift accelerator.
Security is the last place you want AI making decisions
I used AI to harden a platform for public-sector compliance anyway — and the whole trick was making sure it never made a single security decision.