About

I began as a journalist, then a Master's in Software Engineering and Mass Communications put me on a path through engineering, product, and marketing—small startups and large Silicon Valley companies alike.

I still live at the intersection of technology and creativity. These days that means building Robynn: self-improving websites, campaigns, and content for marketing teams. Agents do the repetitive 90%. People keep the last 10%: taste, judgment, and the story.

Where I show up

Writing collage
I write in prose
The running diary is Diary of a Recovering CMO on LinkedIn. Longer essays land on Medium.
I write in code
I build Robynn in public, mostly with coding agents. The rest is on github/madhukarkumar
How We Made That App podcast
I have a podcast
How we made that app — interviews with engineers on how they build. Also on YouTube
Unsplash Image by Madhukar Kumar
Unsplash Image by Madhukar Kumar
Unsplash Image by Madhukar Kumar
I create pictures
Sometimes I create pictures. With cameras. They end up on Unsplash

My recent work

robynn.ai

Latest articles & posts

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Edition #19 - The Man Who Built His Own Monster

"Master, was I a worthy adversary?" Adrian looks into the eyes of his creation.

LinkedIn8/26/2026
Edition #18 - What is a Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE)?

Every AI company on LinkedIn is hiring a Forward Deployed Engineer this week. I read three of the posts.

LinkedIn8/19/2026
Edition #17 - How to Build a Marketing Agent (Not Another Chatbot)

When we built Rory, a la Claude Code for marketers, it was a simple loop of a few models, skills, and tools.

LinkedIn8/10/2026