Selected Writing

Essays on product engineering, systems thinking, and building tools people can actually use. This section is written to be useful for engineers, but legible for recruiters and hiring managers skimming how I think.

April 10, 2026

Culture Is Not Decorative: What Mamanfari Taught Me About Product Work

Building a Persian recipe product taught me that cultural context changes the product model, not just the copy.

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From Trading Systems to Product: What Building a Fintech App Taught Me

Lessons from building a finance education platform — how systems-engineering instincts apply, and sometimes clash with, product thinking.

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Why I Am Building Product-Facing Software Now

A short essay on why I moved from systems-heavy engineering toward product work, and what I want that work to optimize for.

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