Ed Buchholz
I work at Meta. Outside of work, I build apps and games and write about what I’m learning.
My background is in startups and product leadership. I live in Ohio with my wife, Anna, and still love turning an idea into something people can use.
Side projects
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ChapterPals
Track what you read, find your next book, and connect with book clubs. Ad-free on the web, iOS, and Android.
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Astral Poker
Poker meets a roguelite. Build your deck, find powerful combinations, and see how far a run takes you.
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Oreworks
Crush rocks, upgrade your equipment, and work your way through a quarry. A game for iPhone and iPad.
Selected writing
- Five Years is a LifetimeA speculative essay on agents, robotics, and how AI could reshape the next five years.
- Building Astral Poker in seven daysWhat I learned making a game with Antigravity and Claude.
- A retro on building ChapterPalsHow a personal reading tracker came together with AI.
- Resilience, ownership, urgencyThree habits for navigating change and taking responsibility.
- My first year as a product manager at MetaTen lessons from a year of learning on the job.
- Roadmap prioritization for overworked product teamsAligning what your team must, should, and wants to do.
- The most successful startup ecosystems welcome failureWhy startup communities need to support founders through setbacks and difficult decisions.
- Six steps to seed fundraising in Northeast OhioMy 2019 guide to investor outreach, meetings, due diligence, and closing a round, with speaker notes.