Minimum Effective Dose
Do enough to learn what matters. Build one complete path, resist speculative scope, and let evidence determine the next investment.
Josh Lane
CTO at EasyPost.
Notes on software, organizations, AI, and systems design.
Writing
Socrates: Before I Say ‘Go Build It’
I built a Claude skill to challenge the request, preserve the decisions, and make the handoff executable.
Lead With Problems
A problem statement is not enough. Ownership, authority, and accountability have to follow it.
Work
CTO at EasyPost. Previously Fastly and Engine Yard; earlier work at UPS.