OpinionsWhat's wrong with StackOverflowWhy I stopped answering questions on StackOverflow, where low-effort posts and point farming are eroding a great platform.
Security, OpinionsSoftware security is a culture not a calendar eventTreating software security as an occasional audit is a mistake — small companies compete by making security part of every decision they take.
Technology, AI, OpinionsDeepSeek R1 and the week the pricing story brokeWhen DeepSeek dropped R1, my first reaction was not hype — it was spreadsheet panic. The comfortable pricing story suddenly had a counterexample.
AI, Opinions, CodeAI code review is the bottleneck — writing got cheapAgents fill the merge queue faster than humans can read. The constraint moved from typing to verification — and most teams still review like nothing changed.
Technology, AI, Code, OpinionsVibe Coding: An Honest Take After Three Years of AI-Assisted DevelopmentThree years of AI-assisted development later, vibe coding is real. The thinking is yours, the judgment is yours — the typing was never the point.
Opinions, Code, TechnologyTraining juniors in the AI era — judgment, struggle, and why the field still needs new dataAI makes junior developers look productive on week two. If we train them for speed alone, we hollow out the next decade of engineering judgment.
AI, Code, Testing, OpinionsGuardrails beat guidelines — how to keep AI-generated code honestYou cannot prompt AI-generated code into being reliable. What works is what always worked with new hires — guardrails that say no.
Technology, Personal, OpinionsThe Fellow Aiden was the most fun I've had making coffee — I still might not buy it againThe Fellow Aiden is the most hyped filter coffee maker on the market. After a few weeks with one, the coffee is good — just not 10x-the-price good.
Personal, Technology, OpinionsOwning an EV — the parking space and the bill nobody mentionedEveryone selling you an EV talks about the driving. Nobody mentions the parking space it requires, or what it does to your electricity bill.
AI, Tools, Code, OpinionsValidation skills — the part of harness engineering that let me stop babysitting agentsHarness engineering gets agents doing the work. Validation skills are what let me trust that work enough to stop watching every run.
Opinions, AI, Code, TechnologySoftware is dead, long live the software — notes from 30 personal appsEveryone says software is dead now that anyone can build their own apps. I've built over 30 of them, and that's why I don't believe it.
