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The cult of urgency: when everything was needed yesterday and tomorrow will be worse
Jun 8, 26
The cult of urgency: when everything was needed yesterday and tomorrow will be worse
False urgency has become the default operating mode in tech companies, with a real cost in productivity and mental health.
Management Opinion
"Senior": the title you earn by surviving, not by standing out
Jun 3, 26
"Senior": the title you earn by surviving, not by standing out
The 'senior' title in the tech industry is handed out far too often for tenure and chaos tolerance, not for real technical judgment.
Technical Career Opinion
Security by design: stop patching holes you dug yourself
May 29, 26
Security by design: stop patching holes you dug yourself
Why security must be integrated from the design phase instead of bolted on at the end: threat modeling, OWASP, 12-Factor Apps, CVEs, and pentesting.
Software development
The full-stack developer cult: lots of stack, not much depth
May 25, 26
The full-stack developer cult: lots of stack, not much depth
Why the all-powerful full-stack myth benefits companies and coding schools, and what it costs developers in quality, career growth, and mental health.
Software engineering Technical career
Yes, there's an AI bubble. No, it's not the end of the world.
May 21, 26
Yes, there's an AI bubble. No, it's not the end of the world.
Generative AI has the hallmarks of an economic bubble and a real underlying technology: how to navigate the hype without falling for the apocalypse or the infomercial.
Opinion
A Combat Manual for Shipping Changes Without Breaking Everything
May 19, 26
A Combat Manual for Shipping Changes Without Breaking Everything
A practical guide to deploying changes to production without drama: feature flags, canary releases, the strangler pattern, and pipelines that stop bad code before it ships.
Software Development
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