FLFrancisco Lunainblog.itsfranciscoluna.com·9h ago · 4 min read5 Lessons From a Failed Startup: How I Evolved from Developer to Systems EngineerContext I was a founding engineer for a startup, building B2C apps. We sunsetted the projects we had because they were not profitable, and the runway was over. During my time in the startup, I led a s00
FLFrancisco Lunainblog.itsfranciscoluna.com·Jun 22 · 3 min readBuilding Fabric: How I Automated Stakeholder Reports from GitHubI’ve always hated weekly meetings with non-technical stakeholders. Explaining technical work is hard. If you’re experienced, you know the drill: don’t mention webhooks or backend code. You say, "We ad10
FLFrancisco Lunainblog.itsfranciscoluna.com·Jun 14 · 4 min readI Built a Ferrari for a Skateboard: 5 Engineering Mistakes That Cost Me MonthsWe’ve all been there. You have a great idea, and you want to build something serious. You start drawing up complex diagrams and setting up complicated systems. Before you know it, you’ve built a compl10
FLFrancisco Lunainblog.itsfranciscoluna.com·Jun 7 · 5 min readStartups, Pivots, and the Strangler Fig Pattern - June 2026Recently at work, we've had to deal with a business pivot, yet, again. I wasn't happy to hear this after carefully planning the first version of the app, but my intuition told me it was going to happe10
FLFrancisco Lunainblog.itsfranciscoluna.com·May 27 · 7 min readThe Best Code is Unwritten: Architectural Lessons from Startup Production (May 2026)I started building for startups in 2023. By 2026, I was migrating live auth systems, cutting query latency by 79%, and learning that the hardest part of engineering isn’t shipping code, it’s deciding 20
