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The one skill that separates senior engineers from everyone else isn't technical. It's the ability to take ambiguous problems and make them concrete.Retry

We reward complexity and ignore simplicity. In interviews, design reviews, and promotions. Here's how to fix it.

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When I order takeout from the restaurant down the block, they send me three or four texts. Order confirmation, one or two status updates, then a ready messa...

Learn how to use Claude Code from install to first code change. Covers CLAUDE.md, commands, VS Code, and the workflow that makes the difference.

Software development is dead. The marginal cost of code is collapsing. That single fact changes everything that follows.

Writing code is easier than ever. Being a software engineer is harder than ever. The paradox nobody talks about, and what engineers and leaders should do.

Ape coding is the software development practice where a human developer deliberately hand-writes source code.

From COBOL in the 1960s to AI in the 2020s, every generation promises to eliminate programmers. Explore the recurring cycles of software simplification hype.

What happens when you responsibly disclose a critical vulnerability exposing personal data - including that of minors - and the organization responds with legal...

One of the surprising (at least to me) consequences of the fall of Twitter is the rise of LinkedIn as a social media site. I saw some interesting posts I wanted...

I felt the familiar feeling of depression and lethargy creep in while my eyes darted from watching claude-code work and my phone. “What’s the point of it all?”...

You're using AI to be more productive. So why are you more exhausted than ever? The paradox every engineer needs to confront.

Coding agents have replaced every framework I used

A short pep talk I delivered to kick off a Three-Day Startup challenge event. And overwhelming confirmation that the lesson is correct.

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