The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Writing Things Down
In an industry obsessed with velocity, I've come to believe the most productive thing a developer can do is slow down and write. Not code — words.
Software Philosophy
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Architecture
On the Dignity of Boring Technology
Why the most responsible architectural decision is often the least exciting one, and how mature engineering teams learn to resist the siren song of novelty.
Craft
Debugging as Meditation
After twenty years of tracking down bugs, I've realized the process has more in common with mindfulness practice than most developers would admit.
Teams
The Myth of the 10x Developer
Individual brilliance is overrated. The real multiplier in software is the person who makes everyone around them better — the quiet force of a generous colleague.
Personal
Twenty Years of Terminals
A retrospective on two decades of staring at blinking cursors — the tools that shaped my thinking, the habits that stuck, and the ones I wish I'd built sooner.
Architecture
The Quiet Art of Configuration Management
Nobody writes ballads about config files. But the way a system handles its configuration reveals more about its authors' values than any README ever could.
Philosophy
Against Premature Abstraction
We teach junior developers to abstract early. We should be teaching them to wait. The cost of the wrong abstraction is far higher than the cost of a little duplication.
Craft
Code Review as Dialogue
The best code reviews I've participated in felt less like inspections and more like conversations between people who genuinely cared about the outcome.