Samuel Dillow
Fractional staff engineer for AI, SaaS, and operational software.
I help small teams turn messy product, infrastructure, and workflow problems into systems that actually ship.
Build
I build SaaS products, AI workflows, and operational tools for teams that need senior execution, whether full-time or fractional.
> ship. scale. sustain.
Write
Technical notes, Christian essays, and Bible reflections on the intersection of faith and technology.
> think. read. articulate.
Play
Small games, experiments, and toy projects to explore ideas and have fun.
> explore. experiment. enjoy.
Why Be Happy?
A personal Christian book about depression, happiness, Scripture, and learning to work honestly with the emotional life God gave us.
Featured projects
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Airpeggio
Fleet-management software for charter aviation teams. An AI pipeline reads inbound flight requests, drafts quotes for human review, and turns handwritten flight logs into records, on top of inbox triage, aircraft availability, reservations, and customers in one operational surface.
Botisimo
Creator-tools platform for live streamers — multi-platform broadcasting, cross-platform chat and giveaways, AI-assisted moderation, and an aggregated ad model. Acquired by OpTic Gaming in 2023.
Towers
A small browser puzzle about visibility, deduction, and fast local state.
Latest writing
View all writing →Winning an Argument Without Being Right
Being right rarely resolves an argument by itself. Usually, people need to feel understood before they can listen.
Specialize Before You Generalize
Write your function to do one thing before you try to make it do many things.
The Three Things Rule
Every tool has problems. Find the ones you can't live with before you bet the system on it.
The AI Policy Your Company Needs Before Everyone Starts Making One Up
A practical AI policy scaffold for companies that want the upside of AI without pretending employees are not already using it.
Prompting Toolbelt
A practical map for using AI prompts when you need options, cleaner answers, better sources, and fewer confident mushroom mistakes.