Who this is from
I solve operational problems by designing systems.
Most of the time I am brought in when something important does not scale yet, does not connect properly, or still depends too much on manual work. I work a bit like a forward-deployed engineer: step into a messy problem, understand the constraints, connect the right pieces, and build the solution that makes the problem tractable.
By day I am Scaling Ops / founding engineer at Waltio, a European crypto-tax product used by 200k+ users. My focus is the operational foundations that let a small team scale without scaling headcount: automation, internal tools, AI-assisted workflows, and systems that turn complexity into leverage.
I do not see my work as "just shipping features". I see it as enabling a company to operate with more clarity, more leverage, and more efficiency.
What this blog is
itsdanieladam.com is the public notebook: writing, judgment, and build-in-public notes. Short enough to read. Concrete enough to use. Honest about what works in practice.
If you want to follow how I think - not only what I ship - this is the place.
What I write about
Expect notes and opinions on:
- European tech - where Europe can lead, where it still under-indexes, and what durable products look like from here.
- The startup world - early teams, category creation, and the bets that compound.
- Scale - systems, ops, and leverage: how small teams grow without drowning in process.
- Agents and AI - practical agentic workflows, automation with judgment, and what actually sticks beyond the demo.
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