Paul Pereyda Karayan - the unauthorised autobiography

The True Value of Startups: Network and Learning

After leaving my last startup gig at Opto, I got a text from two of my former colleagues that reminded me why the real value of working at a startup goes way …

why not do something magical with your coding skills?

Last week, I built a Zydeco and Cajun events calendar for someone who's been keeping the Bay Area dance scene alive for years. Total time invested: 3 hours. …

LLMs let you show, not tell

The Agile Manifesto nailed it: Working software over comprehensive documentation. Twenty years later, we're still writing specs nobody reads.

The authenticity paradox: why being real online requires strategic curation

We're told to be authentic online while being rewarded for carefully curated content. This tension is destroying our ability to build genuine connections. …

The punk rock guide to learning - embrace productive discomfort with programming languages

Six months ago, I threw out my comfortable Python stack and switched to Clojure. Not because it was 'better' - but because sometimes the best way to level up is …

Applying Google's Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) Principles to Writing & Content

Walk into any marketing department or agency and you'll find a peculiar phenomenon: rooms full of people talking about content instead of creating it. Coming …

In Defense of Working Alone

Let's talk about the elephant in every conference room: corporate teamwork is largely a joke. You know it. We know it. But somehow, we're all still pretending …

Putting it on Autopilot: Five Areas You Can Actually Fire-and-Forget as a Startup CISO

Stop cosplaying enterprise security. Here's what you can actually automate without losing sleep - from compliance to endpoint security.

Security Theatre & What Actually Protects Your Code

Your SOC 2 badge won't stop hackers. Here's what will - a hard look at security theater versus practices that actually work.

Why Technical Leaders Need to Think Like Marketers

Your code is elegant. Your architecture is sound. So why is nobody funding your project? Learn how to sell technical initiatives internally.

Skronk and Skreigh: Building an Irish Tune Practice Toolkit

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Software , Music

A Python tool for managing Irish traditional music practice sessions, extracting tune sets from recordings, and creating Spotify playlists with multiple …

Irish song of the day - with google sheets and pipedream

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Software , Music

Learning an Irish song of the day - every day - with google sheets and pipedream

That one where a slack quotes formatting screws your code up again...

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Software

That one where a slack formatting issue screws you again...

Using Slack Shortcuts and LLMs to question everything

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Using Slack Shortcuts and LLMs to question everything

Langfuse and LLM evals in practice

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Software

Langfuse and LLM evals in practice

Translating Opto into English

Translating Opto into English!

Midi Concertina - my second instrument attempt

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Software , Music

Midi Concertina - my second instrument attempt!

Private Investments are Broken

Private Investments are Broken!

Getting better at Python / becoming a professional developer

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Software

Getting better at Python / becoming a professional develope!

YouSum on the Command line - a CLI function for summarising long YouTube videos to get right to the point!

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Software

YouSum on the Command line - a CLI function for summarising long YouTube videos to get right to the point!

YouSum - summarising long YouTube videos to get right to the point!

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Software

YouSum - summarising long YouTube videos to get right to the point!

Old electronic music efforts from a decade past...

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Software , Music

Old electronic music efforts from a decade past...

SlackZen - just leave (tm) - and the noise of the modern office

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Software

SlackZen - just leave (tm). experience to clean feeling of just leaving a bunch of slack channels

Marimo - a great new tool for building micro- & internal apps

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Marimo - a great new tool for building micro- & internal apps

Thoughts on Return-To-Office and Agile Manifesto

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Thoughts on Return-To-Office and Agile Manifesto

Why Marketing? Seems like an odd hobby...

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Why Marketing? Seems like an odd hobby...

Building My Brand: A Hands-On Marketing Challenge for 2025

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Software

Join me on a journey to build my personal brand in 2025 using innovative marketing strategies and tools. Explore practical insights and learnings from my …