Archive - Keen Thoughts

Why Don't We Have More Commercial Airplane Companies?

A deep dive into what's hard about building an aircraft company in the US today.

Jan 25 •

January 2024

Designing Hardware: It's a Cycle

Bonus: Fun video about LEGO

Jan 3, 2024 •

December 2023

The Coffee Maker Phenomenon

An engineering story

Dec 15, 2023 •

June 2023

Reliable Software Accelerator

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Jun 8, 2023 •

April 2023

The Missing Seed Funding for Non-profits

What I've learned about funding building my own non-profit.

Apr 24, 2023 •

March 2023

How to Test Hardware: Hardware-in-the-Loop Testing

What is it and how to build it

Mar 28, 2023 •

Building 160 Sensors in Your Apartment

The Gap Between Prototype and Mass Produced Product

Mar 21, 2023 •

November 2022

What's Actually Hard about Hardtech?

Decomposing the Problem

Nov 23, 2022 •

September 2022

Consulting: Some Practical Tips I Have Learned

More people seem interested in learning about how to become a consultant rather than the actual work that I do.

Sep 20, 2022 •

August 2022

Minimally Viable Product (M.V.P.)

A useful process for building MVPs

Aug 8, 2022 •

June 2022

How to lead teams without micromanaging

Jun 28, 2022 •

May 2022

Hiring The "Best" Is the Wrong Strategy

The best employees are usually made within an org, not found outside of it

May 25, 2022 •

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