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Five months ago, my lifelong profession of software development changed completely.

The more I speak about being poor, the more I realize how fundamentally other folks misunderstand what it means to be poor versus being broke.

This is part one of the Crossover Project. Part two is here and part three is here. A conference talk based on this work is now available here. I sat in front of Mat, idly chatting about tech and cuisine. Before now, I had known him mostly for his cooking pictures on Twitter, the kind that made me envious of suburbanites and their 75,000 BTU woks. But now he was the test subject for my new project, to see if it was going to be fruitful or a waste of time.

A deep dive into how thoughtful URL design can enhance usability, shareability, and performance. Learn what state belongs in URLs, common pitfalls to avoid, and practical patterns for modern web apps.

Killing the joy of homelabbing with my own expectation

Ever searched for a fix to a technical problem, only to get a 1,000 word essay on what the thing is? Yeah, me too.

Effective writing for software developers

programmer by day, programmer by night.

What I learned when I stopped trying to make life exciting

On AI, Creativity, and Craft

You are a software engineer. Don't become a prompt refiner.

DevOps Engineer and Full-Stack Developer with 4+ years of experience in cloud infrastructure, CI/CD, and scalable web applications.

You are the sum of your behaviors not your intentions

The developers who are juggling 10 agents are either spending most of their time doing that planning and review work or they’re writing a lot of code that technically runs but creates tomorrow's mess.

<p>Welcome to FictionalSoft! I hope your first week is going well? Great.</p> <p>As you start to find your feet, I want to make sure we have a shared understanding of what success looks like here. Apologies in advance if I&rsquo;m telling you something you already know, but it&rsquo;s important to be explicit about this early.</p> <p>You were hired to write code. Many developers make the mistake and think that their job stops there. That&rsquo;s not true. In fact, you have two jobs:</p>…

Technical mastery still matters

It’s hard to make a saw that cuts trees but not arms.