Product architect + builder

Nino Chavez

I design products, build the software behind them, and run them in the real world.

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Selected work

Four places to start.

Start with the live product, the method, the writing, or the photography archive.

Rally HQ live tournament court display

On the courtRally HQTournament registration, brackets, schedules, and live scoring in one public event page.See Rally HQ

Blueprint method documentation

Published methodBlueprintA practical method for planning, reviewing, and checking work done with AI agents.Read about Blueprint

Signal Dispatch publication cover

Ongoing publicationSignal DispatchEssays and field notes on software, commerce, and AI-assisted work.Read Signal Dispatch

Volleyball player holding a ball before play

Working archivePhotographyEvent photography organized for browsing and reuse.Browse photography

All work

Explore the full body of work.

These look unrelated. Each one has to work for the people in front of it — on a court, at a checkout, on a deadline.

Browse 29 products, tools, methods, operations, and collections across 6 domains.

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Defensive dive from the photography archive — All work

Sessions

How the work gets done.

18 complete sessions show what happened, what failed, what changed, and which of the 11 techniques held up.

Source frame from The Browser Is a Shell Command

Ways of Working · Session 02The Browser Is a Shell Command