Hard decisions reveal our character and shape the trust we will need for the next one.
Josh Lane
CTO at EasyPost.
Notes on software, organizations, AI, and systems design.
Writing
Failure becomes useful when its lesson stops depending on memory.
Do enough to learn what matters. Build one complete path, resist speculative scope, and let evidence determine the next investment.
Labs
Replay simulated deliveries over real Oakland streets and explore how a map can show both an estimate and its uncertainty.
Explore a shipment dashboard with illustrative data and deliberate design violations. Compare their effects with the intended layout.
Work
CTO at EasyPost. Previously Fastly and Engine Yard; earlier work at UPS.