Tom Mathews

Not everything needs a call. Sometimes you need a senior pair of eyes on a specific decision, a second opinion on an architecture choice, or a sanity check on an approach — and you need it in writing so you can share it with your team.

Send me your question with context. I'll respond with a detailed, written analysis within 48 hours. Not a one-liner — a structured response with trade-offs, recommendations, and reasoning you can forward to stakeholders.

Good for: framework/tool selection decisions, quick architecture opinions, "is this approach insane or am I overthinking it" questions, code review feedback on critical modules, evaluation strategy sanity checks.

Not good for: open-ended "how do I get into AI" questions, anything requiring a live back-and-forth, or problems that need me to look at a running system.