Clay Roach

Former CEO or StreamWeaver observability integration platform. Now working on various projects.

Seattle, WA Joined on Aug 13, 2025 https://www.linkedin.com/in/clayroach/

Clay Roach

Sep 16

Removing 11,005 Lines: Why We Replaced Our Custom LLM Manager with Portkey

#llm #infrastructure #refactoring #portkey

6 min read

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Clay Roach

Sep 12

Days 29-30: Mission Accomplished - Building an Enterprise Platform in 80 Hours

#ai #observability #typescript #claude

10 min read

Clay Roach

Sep 12

Day 28: The 10x Performance Breakthrough

#ai #observability #productivity #development

5 min read

Clay Roach

Sep 12

Days 24-27: Family Time and the Real Value of the 4-Hour Workday

#ai #observability #worklife #philosophy

1 min read

Clay Roach

Sep 10

Day 23: LLM Manager Service Layer Refactor - Consolidating Multi-Model AI Integration

#ai #refactoring #typescript #testing

5 min read

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Sep 4

Days 21-22: Service Topology Visualization & Dynamic UI Generation Complete

#ai #observability #clickhouse #visualization

7 min read

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Sep 3

Day 20: Service Topology Implementation with Critical Request Paths

#ai #observability #claude #visualization

4 min read

Clay Roach

Sep 1

Days 18-19: Weekend Reflection - Our Responsibility to Recent CS Graduates

#ai #career #mentorship #education

4 min read

Cover image for Day 17: Building Topology Visualization with AI-Assisted Health Monitoring

Clay Roach

Aug 30

Day 17: Building Topology Visualization with AI-Assisted Health Monitoring

#ai #observability #react #typescript

7 min read

Clay Roach

Aug 29

Day 16: Halfway Point Victory - Production-Ready CI/CD with Strategic Browser Testing

#ai #typescript #testing #devops

4 min read

Clay Roach

Aug 29

Day 15: From 'Works on My Machine' to Bulletproof CI/CD - Building Development Insurance

#githubactions #cicd #testing #typescript

5 min read

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Aug 27

Day 14: The Systematic QA Breakthrough - Achieving 100% Test Coverage

#testing #architecture #typescript #aiops

5 min read

Clay Roach

Aug 26

Day 13: AI-Driven Quality Assurance - The Systematic Breakthrough

#ai #typescript #testing #automation

4 min read

Clay Roach

Aug 25

Day 12: Cedar Plank Salmon and Life Reflections - Finding Balance in Intense Development

#productivity #worklife #reflection #philosophy

4 min read

Clay Roach

Aug 25

Day 11: AI Analyzer Foundation Complete - Model Selection and Evidence Formatting

#ai #analytics #opentelemetry #typescript

5 min read

Cover image for Day 10: Infrastructure Crisis & Strategic Foundation - When Everything Comes Together

Clay Roach

Aug 24

Day 10: Infrastructure Crisis & Strategic Foundation - When Everything Comes Together

#opentelemetry #protobuf #strategy #team

6 min read

Clay Roach

Aug 22

Day 9: Multi-Model LLM Foundation & AI Analyzer Integration

#ai #llm #observability #opentelemetry

4 min read

Clay Roach

Aug 21

Day 8: Modular Design for AI Development - When Architecture Enables Velocity

#claude #observability #modularity #typescript

5 min read

Clay Roach

Aug 21

Day 7: When Protobuf Breaks Everything - Real Engineering in the Trenches

#opentelemetry #protobuf #observability #go

4 min read

Clay Roach

Aug 21

Days 4-6: Pink Salmon Season - When Life Calls and Code Can Wait

#salmon #productivity #fishing #seattle

3 min read

Cover image for Day 3: Dual-Ingestion Architecture - When Two Data Paths Are Better Than One

Clay Roach

Aug 16

Day 3: Dual-Ingestion Architecture - When Two Data Paths Are Better Than One

#ai #observability #opentelemetry #architecture

5 min read

Clay Roach

Aug 15

Day 2: Enterprise Testing Infrastructure with TestContainers - 30-Day AI Observability Challenge

#ai #observability #testcontainers #typescript

4 min read

Clay Roach

Aug 14

Day 1: How I'm Building an Enterprise Observability Platform in 30 Days Using Claude Code and Documentation-Driven Development

#ai #observability #claude #otel

5 min read

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Removing 11,005 Lines: Why We Replaced Our Custom LLM Manager with Portkey

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Days 29-30: Mission Accomplished - Building an Enterprise Platform in 80 Hours

Day 28: The 10x Performance Breakthrough

Days 24-27: Family Time and the Real Value of the 4-Hour Workday

Day 23: LLM Manager Service Layer Refactor - Consolidating Multi-Model AI Integration

Days 21-22: Service Topology Visualization & Dynamic UI Generation Complete

Day 20: Service Topology Implementation with Critical Request Paths

Days 18-19: Weekend Reflection - Our Responsibility to Recent CS Graduates

Day 17: Building Topology Visualization with AI-Assisted Health Monitoring

Day 16: Halfway Point Victory - Production-Ready CI/CD with Strategic Browser Testing

Day 15: From 'Works on My Machine' to Bulletproof CI/CD - Building Development Insurance

Day 14: The Systematic QA Breakthrough - Achieving 100% Test Coverage

Day 13: AI-Driven Quality Assurance - The Systematic Breakthrough

Day 12: Cedar Plank Salmon and Life Reflections - Finding Balance in Intense Development

Day 11: AI Analyzer Foundation Complete - Model Selection and Evidence Formatting

Day 10: Infrastructure Crisis & Strategic Foundation - When Everything Comes Together

Day 9: Multi-Model LLM Foundation & AI Analyzer Integration

Day 8: Modular Design for AI Development - When Architecture Enables Velocity

Day 7: When Protobuf Breaks Everything - Real Engineering in the Trenches

Days 4-6: Pink Salmon Season - When Life Calls and Code Can Wait

Day 3: Dual-Ingestion Architecture - When Two Data Paths Are Better Than One

Day 2: Enterprise Testing Infrastructure with TestContainers - 30-Day AI Observability Challenge

Day 1: How I'm Building an Enterprise Observability Platform in 30 Days Using Claude Code and Documentation-Driven Development