How I think.
I'm Hadley. I am a product manager, systems thinker, and a builder. I've spent 20 years building software products for real people — and since 2017, products where machine learning and AI do the heavy lifting. The way I work hasn't changed: I draw the system until it makes sense, then build it. This site is that archive.
What I'm working on now
A second-brain memory layer with daily ingest, MCP connective tissue, and a return arc that flows context back into every conversation.
The case study of building this site — how I think and how I work with AI to make the artifact you're reading.
Most of a job search is busywork — the grinding before the real prep starts. I treated mine as a product and built the system to handle it: pipeline, prep, briefs, all connected.
Thin lines, generous margins, restrained color, and diagrammatic structure — so the work reads before the layout does.