Selected work, projects, and writing.

This is a snapshot of some of the things that I've helped build or have worked on, and some of the common themes in my writing.

  • Apply4 Technology

    CTO and Head of Product work on SaaS tools for large cities and local governments in the UK, US, and New Zealand.

    apply4.com

  • LoveCrafts

    First CTO at a VC-backed e-commerce retailer, helping grow the business from almost nothing to multi-million pound annual revenue.

    lovecrafts.com

  • Flowdrafter

    A small AI-assisted writing product experiment that became a #1 Product Hunt productivity app of the week.

    flowdrafter.pickupyourpen.com

  • AI fact checker prototype

    An LLM-powered fact-checking prototype using web search APIs to explore how AI can help verify claims.

    mattcollins.net

  • Marketplace research

    Long-running writing and research into how marketplaces such as Hired, Thumbtack, and Skillshare got started and grew.

    marketplaces archive

  • AI product development writing

    Practical analysis of how AI tools, coding agents, evals, and orchestration platforms fit into software product work.

    AI archive