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How we can work together

I embed as a senior IC or staff‑level partner to help your team design, ship, and harden real AI features — not just demos.

1. Embedded AI Systems Partner

2–3 months

When it's for

  • • You have prototypes or half‑shipped AI features.
  • • You need them production‑ready, observable, and safe under real traffic.

What I do

  • • Audit current architecture, prompts, and data flows.
  • • Design or refine the system around LLMs (TypeScript, Effect, Next.js, Vercel AI SDK / LangGraph).
  • • Add logging, tracing, evals, and guardrails.
  • • Pair with your engineers to raise the bar on TS, Effect, and AI‑assisted workflows.

Outcome

One or more AI features live in production, with dashboards and docs your team can own.

2. Architecture & Soundness Review

4–6 weeks

When it's for

  • • You're planning new AI features or a refactor and want to avoid expensive mistakes.
  • • You want a second set of senior eyes on design and failure modes.

What I do

  • • Review your product goals and constraints.
  • • Propose an end‑to‑end architecture for AI features.
  • • Identify risks: data leakage, latency, cost, reliability, eval coverage, and operational load.
  • • Deliver a written design doc plus implementation roadmap.

Outcome

Clear architecture, trade‑offs, and a practical path to ship soundly.

3. Team Uplift in AI‑Assisted Development

Ongoing / part‑time

When it's for

  • • Your team is using AI tools, but quality is uneven.
  • • You want engineers to move faster without sacrificing correctness.

What I do

  • • Introduce patterns for using AI in day‑to‑day development (tests, refactors, docs).
  • • Run focused sessions on Effect, typed APIs, and failure‑first design.
  • • Pair on real tickets to turn patterns into habits.

Outcome

A team that ships more with less rework — and a shared language for sound engineering with AI.

What I'm a good fit for

  • • Seed to Series B teams building or hardening AI features.
  • • Products using TypeScript, Effect, React/Next.js, Vercel AI SDK, or LangGraph.
  • • Teams that want calm senior judgment, not heroics.

Tell me what you're building

If one of these models fits what you need — or you're not sure which applies — share a few lines about your product, stack, and current AI challenges. I'll reply with whether I can help and what an engagement could look like.

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