Archive - Better Every Cycle

Why a B2B SaaS Was Stuck for Two Years, and How I Unfroze It in 90 Days

The backend crashed multiple times a day, and the team's job had become babysitting restarts while customers complained.

May 20 • Dustin Rea

The real reason your emails keep going to spam

The non-technical founder's guide to email deliverability.

May 16 • Dustin Rea

Non-technical founders have an unfair advantage with AI agents

Five principles that turn AI agents from slop machines into product factories. Companion notes for this week's conversation with Isaac Askew and Jeffrey…

May 15 • Dustin Rea

March 2024

Notes on Staff Projects, Find your voice, and Never Rewrite

Read along with me by viewing my annotated highlights on working as a Staff+ engineer and catch up on the best content I consumed in the last week.

Mar 30, 2024 • Dustin Rea

Will AI End Your Coding Career?

Should you turn in your MacBook and try to make it on TikTok?

Mar 22, 2024 • Dustin Rea

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