Hi, I’m Jacob 👋

I’m the founder of Sancho Studio ~ an engineering consultancy that takes on the hard engineering so teams can ship.

Before that I built end-to-end encrypted video calls across all of Zoom with some great people.

I also write here about whatever I’m thinking about: people and processes, 16th-century Flemish painting, long distance travel by foot, and the occasional opinion about software.

I like to explore ideas on this blog, if something resonated with you — reach out.

Are you in New York working on something cool? 🥯 I’ll buy you a bagel

Outside of client work at Sancho, I’m building AI agents and tools more than I used to. Some of it is technical. Some of it is about the human experience, morality, and the future.

Technical Leadership: I help engineering teams deliver better software, adopt and perfect AI coding agent, and system design.

Technical Due Dilligence: If your company is acquiring a tech company - reach out for Technical Due Dilligence. I can help your deal go through by giving detailed and deep analysis of your target company’s entire codebase, looking at system designn, code quality, and subject matter specifics like crytography, distributed system, and compiler technology.

Systems Engineering: I help teams that have outgrown their first codebase but haven’t yet hired the staff engineers to fix it. Engineering management to help your teams deliver on-time, software architecture and review, and production requirements for SOC2 and HIPAA compliance.

If you want to talk about a project, the best path is through Sancho Studio.

If you want to talk about a project, the best path is through Sancho Studio. If you want to talk about anything else, find me on LinkedIn.

Are you in New York? I’ll buy you a bagel

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