Essays on engineering, hiring, and building organizations — by Phillip (RPC).https://rpc3.dev/https://rpc3.dev/posts/portability-is-not-deployability/https://rpc3.dev/posts/portability-is-not-deployability/Making software portable is only half the job. What a failed deployment into a locked-down customer environment taught me about testing real capabilities, owning outcomes across boundaries, and the gap between running somewhere and running where the customer actually is.Tue, 21 Jul 2026 12:00:00 GMThttps://rpc3.dev/posts/hire-for-the-next-transition/https://rpc3.dev/posts/hire-for-the-next-transition/The first engineering team isn't a smaller version of the one the company will eventually need. Why I hire for range over resemblance, give every early hire a real mandate, and build a team that can make the next team legible.Tue, 21 Jul 2026 11:00:00 GMThttps://rpc3.dev/posts/productionizing-research-is-a-boundary-problem/https://rpc3.dev/posts/productionizing-research-is-a-boundary-problem/Turning a research prototype into a production system isn't a code-cleanup project. It's the work of designing a boundary between a research loop optimized for learning and a service other people can depend on.Tue, 21 Jul 2026 10:00:00 GMT