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I called a large company the other day. Did I know the information I wanted could be found on their website? And was I aware that I could manage my account...

On friction, patience, and planting trees.

Let me start by telling you how I broke a production database. A long time ago, I worked for a hosting company. We were building our own CRM, a complex tool...

AI coding tools are optimising the wrong thing and nobody wants to hear it. Writing code was already fast. The bottleneck is everything else: unclear...

Or maybe just do it automatically? Yep, that's my take. Why? It gives you instant verification that form actually worked. A random form on a website might just...

AI agents address the remaining concerns with having your documentation alongside your code in version control

Le débat sur l’IA à l’université se focalise sur la tricherie. Mais le véritable enjeu est ailleurs : c’est tout l’écosystème de formation et de production du...

The industry is building agents that say "yes" faster. But what if the coherent answer is "no, not like this"? Fifty years of software engineering keeps...

In my mind, errors are divided into two categories. Expected errors, which are part of normal operation, aren't the developer's fault, and should be handled....

CRDTs don't have to be all academic papers and math jargon. Learn what CRDTs are and how they work through interactive visualizations and code samples.

Disjoint thoughts on AI and the future of building things. | Cory Zue

Personal blog of Seyhan Dzhamur

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.