Blog & Readings

My thoughts on development, engineering, leadership, and curated readings from around the web that I find valuable.

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πŸ“– Readings
β€’ 2 min read

Designers! Designers! Designers!

Original: Carly Ayres on Good Graf! β€’ 8/11/2025

Curated: December 29, 2025

career links/readings
πŸ“– Readings
β€’ 1 min read

Thrive in Obscurity

Original: Jeet Mehta on Jeet Mehta β€’ 11/15/2024

Curated: December 29, 2025

knowledge links/readings
πŸ“– Readings
β€’ 2 min read

Code Review Can Be Better

Original: matklad on TigerBeetle Blog β€’ 8/4/2025

Curated: December 22, 2025

engineering links/readings
β€’ 9 min read

Similarity Between Learning and Building a House

Learning is like building a house: you need to prepare the ground, pour the foundation, frame the structure, add the essentials, and make it your own. A practical framework for approaching any learning journey.

knowledge softskills work
πŸ“– Readings
β€’ 1 min read

Thoughts on thinking

Original: Dustin Curtis on dcurt.is β€’ 6/20/2025

Curated: August 12, 2025

ai links/readings
β€’ 10 min read

Problem Solving: The Right Amount of Context

How deep should you go? Learn to recognize when you have enough context to solve your problem vs. when you're falling down a rabbit hole.

engineering knowledge work
πŸ“– Readings
β€’ 1 min read

Horseless carriages

Original: Koomen on Koomen's Blog β€’ 6/8/2025

Curated: July 15, 2025

ai links/readings
πŸ“– Readings
β€’ 1 min read

Being in the Details

Original: James Stanier on The Engineering Manager β€’ 5/28/2025

Curated: July 8, 2025

career links/readings
πŸ“– Readings
β€’ 1 min read

Your Manager Is Not Your Best Friend

Original: Stay SaaSy on Stay SaaSy β€’ 6/2/2025

Curated: June 18, 2025

management links/readings
πŸ“– Readings
β€’ 1 min read

Hyper-typing

Original: pscanf on pscanf β€’ 5/10/2025

Curated: May 28, 2025

engineering links/readings
β€’ 8 min read

Problem Solving: Iterating Through Problems

Problem solving is rarely linear. Learn how to make steady progress through iteration, and understand that the problem you start with might not be the real problem.

engineering work softskills
πŸ“– Readings
β€’ 1 min read

How to win an argument with a toddler

Original: Seth Godin on Seth's Blog β€’ 4/14/2025

Curated: April 18, 2025

softskills links/readings
πŸ“– Readings
β€’ 1 min read

Everything Wrong with MCP

Original: Shrivu Shankar on Shrivu's Substack β€’ 4/13/2025

Curated: April 16, 2025

ai links/readings
πŸ“– Readings
β€’ 1 min read

Kanban Milk

Original: Pawel Brodzinski on Pawel Brodzinski's Blog β€’ 3/1/2025

Curated: March 8, 2025

work links/readings
πŸ“– Readings
β€’ 1 min read

Introducing 4o Image Generation

Original: OpenAI on OpenAI Blog β€’ 1/15/2025

Curated: January 28, 2025

ai links/readings
β€’ 3 min read

On Receiving Feedback

My reflections on the art of receiving feedback effectively, based on conversations with colleagues who've been through recent performance cycles.

management softskills
πŸ“– Readings
β€’ 1 min read

My approach to running a link blog

Original: Simon Willison on Simon Willison's Weblog β€’ 12/22/2024

Curated: January 5, 2025

knowledge links/readings
β€’ 5 min read

Interviewing is Hard

My thoughts on the imbalance between interview preparation resources and the reality that senior professionals spend more time interviewing than being interviewed.

management softskills interviews
β€’ 8 min read

Problem Solving: Problems in the Unknown

What do you do when you have no idea where to start? Learn the three phases of tackling unfamiliar problems: Experiment, Research, and Experts.

engineering knowledge
β€’ 2 min read

Reflections on Trust and Management

My thoughts on Charles H. Green's trust equation and the challenges of quantifying human relationships in management contexts.

management softskills
πŸ“– Readings
β€’ 1 min read

The good times in tech are over

Original: Sean Goedecke on Sean Goedecke's Blog β€’ 8/15/2024

Curated: November 8, 2024

career links/readings
πŸ“– Readings
β€’ 1 min read

useOptimistic and how it works internally

Original: React Team & JSer on React Documentation β€’ 3/20/2024

Curated: October 15, 2024

engineering links/readings
β€’ 6 min read

Problem Solving: The Intention

Being explicit about what kind of answer you want can save hours of wasted time. Learn how to communicate your intentions clearly when asking questions.

engineering softskills
πŸ“– Readings
β€’ 1 min read

Your strengths are your weaknesses

Original: Dave Bailey on Terrible Software β€’ 3/31/2025

Curated: July 18, 2024

softskills links/readings
β€’ 6 min read

Problem Solving: The Context

Everything that surrounds a question is part of its context. Learn how to provide the right information so others can reproduce and understand your problems.

engineering softskills
πŸ“– Readings
β€’ 1 min read

CSS Hell

Original: CSS Hell on CSS Hell β€’ 1/1/2024

Curated: May 12, 2024

engineering links/readings
β€’ 3 min read

OSWeekends - The Art of Asking

A talk about the importance of asking questions in the developer community and overcoming the shame around not knowing something.

knowledge softskills
β€’ 2 min read

Talk about Microfrontends at Codemotion

An introductory talk about microfrontends covering advantages, disadvantages, and real-world implementations from companies like IKEA, Spotify, and PayPal.

engineering knowledge

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