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What I Wish I'd Known Before Building Nightwatch

David Pedersen

06 Aug 2026

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David Pedersen

Started fishing Bristol Bay at 13. Taught myself to code on night shifts. 25 years building systems that predict human behavior — from 70M keyword campaigns to production AI. Now writing about the patterns connecting it all.

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