Articles by Brennan Moore

# A workout planner for endurance + weight training As I've gotten older, I've struggled to figure out the best way to stay fit while working a full-time job.

As CTO of firsthand, my job was to hold a credible viewpoint on an impossibly wide range of topics.

My grandfather, an engineer on NASA's Apollo missions, used to joke that rocket science was the simple part.

Value-based care contracts are brutal.

Working in healthcare can feel like navigating a maze in a fog.

The book “[The American Healthcare Paradox](https://bioethics.hms.harvard.edu/journal/healthcareparadox-review)” uses a simple question to explain a problem in US healthcare.

My grandfather, an engineer on NASA's Apollo missions, often joked that rocket science was simple: you just point the rocket in the right direction and light it.

I attended a talk on 'The Future of the EHR' and noticed a significant gap between the presented capabilities and what I observed driving great care at Cityblock.

I've decided to temporarily halt progress on Kelp and take [a job](https://www.akitasoftware.com/blog-posts/joining-akita-to-build-the-observability-solution-i-wish-i-had).

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I was the first engineer and 3rd employee at a company that grew from a problem statement to a team of [over 550 people with a $1.3B valuation in 3 years](https://cityblockhealth.medium.com/investing-in-health-justice-734a62ba0129).

The stories I've read about apartment ownership were either crude financial analysis or clean NYT real estate fluff.

This post explores the critical component of a 'strong' team: trust.

_or…how it cost me $1,000,000 to sell startup shares on the secondary market._ After joining 3 startups, I was fortunate enough to help found a company that grew from 0 to single-digit billions in valuation in just 4 years.

_Why your engineering ladder doesn't really matter, but team buy-in does._ I've been involved in numerous engineering ladder revamps throughout my career.

This is a key lesson I learned while directing the web engineering team at Artsy.

We all have stories, as engineers, of fixing some crazy thing at the last minute right before the demo goes up.