# Mark Faraj

> Forward Deployed Engineer at Vercel. Writing and case studies from shipping: product engineering, web platforms, and applied AI.

I'm Mark Faraj, a Forward Deployed Engineer at Vercel in Austin.
Writing and case studies from product work. Not a services page.

## Site

- [Home](https://mark-faraj.dev/): intro and selected work
- [Writing](https://mark-faraj.dev/blog): notes from shipping
- [Work](https://mark-faraj.dev/project): products, builds, and case studies
- [About](https://mark-faraj.dev/about): a bit more about me

## Writing

- [The Last 10% of Shipping an App Takes 50% of the Work](https://mark-faraj.dev/blog/the-last-10-of-shipping-an-app-takes-50-of-the-work): Article by Mark Faraj.
- [How I think about incremental Next.js migrations](https://mark-faraj.dev/blog/how-i-think-about-incremental-next-js-migrations): Article by Mark Faraj.
- [What Shipping iOS Exposed in My Web Code](https://mark-faraj.dev/blog/what-shipping-ios-exposed-in-my-web-code): Article by Mark Faraj.
- [What a Forward Deployed Engineer actually does](https://mark-faraj.dev/blog/what-a-forward-deployed-engineer-actually-does): Article by Mark Faraj.
- [Not everything needs to be an agent](https://mark-faraj.dev/blog/not-everything-needs-to-be-an-agent): Article by Mark Faraj.
- [Performance Problems Are Architecture Showing Up as Timing](https://mark-faraj.dev/blog/performance-problems-are-architecture-showing-up-as-timing): Article by Mark Faraj.
- [The first hour in someone else's codebase](https://mark-faraj.dev/blog/the-first-hour-in-someone-elses-codebase): Article by Mark Faraj.

## Work

- [Enterprise Platform Migration](https://mark-faraj.dev/project/enterprise-platform-migration): Modernizing a production platform without disrupting active product development.
- [Paw Social](https://mark-faraj.dev/project/paw-social): A social product for discovering places, sharing moments, and meeting nearby dog owners.
- [Tables Tap](https://mark-faraj.dev/project/table-tap): Mobile ordering and payment for restaurants.
- [EnvShield](https://mark-faraj.dev/project/envshield): Protecting environment secrets during screen sharing.