# The Innovation Lab

> David L. Bowman — engineering leader. Case studies, talks, and notes on building software.

- [Homepage](https://theinnovationlab.dev/): Overview and contact information
- [About](https://theinnovationlab.dev/about/): Work history, engineering leadership scope, and technical stack

## Notes

- [Notes](https://theinnovationlab.dev/notes/): All case studies, talks, articles, and open source projects

### Case Studies

- [Ocean Block Capital Transformation](https://theinnovationlab.dev/notes/ocean-block-capital-transformation/): CRM transformation with Salesforce and machine learning
- [CarTalk Technical Transformation](https://theinnovationlab.dev/notes/cartalk-technical-transformation/): Performance optimization achieving 96% load time reduction
- [Enterprise i18n at Scale](https://theinnovationlab.dev/notes/enterprise-i18n-at-scale/): Internationalization system for 9 languages across 1,800 pages

### Talks

- [AI in Software Engineering](https://theinnovationlab.dev/notes/ai-software-engineering-talk/): Conference talk on AI tools and best practices
- [Freelancing Isn't Free](https://theinnovationlab.dev/notes/austin-js-freelancing/): Talk on transitioning to freelance engineering
- [Austin JS Battle Deck](https://theinnovationlab.dev/notes/austin-js-battle-deck/): Creative battle deck presentation

### Articles

- [Event-Driven Architectures](https://theinnovationlab.dev/notes/event-driven-architectures/): Pub/sub patterns with Effect-TS, Bun, and Astro
- [AI Workflows That Don't Rot Your Codebase](https://theinnovationlab.dev/notes/ai-workflows/): The disciplined plan→devil's-advocate→execute→post-mortem→improve loop, the anti-patterns that wreck AI-built projects, plus downloadable skills.

### Open Source

- [Kavita to Obsidian](https://theinnovationlab.dev/notes/kavita-to-obsidian/): Obsidian plugin for syncing reading annotations
- [Spotify Pomodoro](https://theinnovationlab.dev/notes/spotify-pomodoro/): Self-hosted pomodoro timer with Spotify integration

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