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Principles for Building Hardworking, Motivated Teams
Some teams consistently accomplish feats that seem almost superhuman—think of rocket companies landing reusable boosters on floating platforms, or…
Feb 7
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From Table Layouts to Tailwind: The Evolution of Front-End Styling (1995–2025)
A long history of CSS, Sass, Tailwind, and more
Feb 3
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From Table Layouts to Tailwind: The Evolution of Front-End Styling (1995–2025)
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January 2025
‘Spawn Me a PR’ Isn't Ready for Large Codebases: The Context Barrier to AI Code Generation
Practical, production-useful code generation is a famously thorny challenge - yet if you browse X or LinkedIn, you might get the impression that we’re…
Jan 23
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Takehomes & Algos are Both Evil - And Other Lessons from 1000+ SWE Interviews
To hire exceptional engineers, prioritize signal clarity in your interviews, match them tightly to your company’s true needs, and leverage blind…
Jan 13
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Takehomes & Algos are Both Evil - And Other Lessons from 1000+ SWE Interviews
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What Happened to Lightweight Desktop Apps? History of Electron’s Rise
It had one key killer feature: "embedding Node.js and Chromium to provide a powerful desktop runtime for web technologies." But is that worth a world of…
Jan 9
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What Happened to Lightweight Desktop Apps? History of Electron’s Rise
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Are you having any fun?
The journey is the whole thing. Great things do take a long time, but fun is what keeps you motivated for the long haul.
Jan 9
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The Most Important Part of Engineering Management: Context
BLUF: A good EM's job is, fundamentally, to spend most their time building broad context so that they can tactfully reshare it out in the right way at…
Jan 7
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The Bryan Johnson Approach to Eng Productivity
I recently watched Netflix’s Bryan Johnson documentary (Netflix Link) and came away both intrigued and amused by his extreme quest to maximize health…
Jan 6
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U-hauling Servers on Christmas: Extreme Straight-Line Engineering
BLUF: 10x engineers find the biggest fires, and execute on extreme straight-line solutions, often stepping on toes in the process
Jan 4
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Will AI Transform—or Threaten—the Per-Seat SaaS Model?
Charging for software has always been a tricky business, and I’ve watched firsthand how it’s evolved.
Jan 3
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December 2024
Should SaaS startups offer on-prem?
I get asked—a lot—to build a self-hosted or on-prem version of Graphite.
Dec 24, 2024
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Should SaaS startups offer on-prem?
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The history of Atlassian, from the perspective of a younger developer
Disclaimer: This post is based on my own experiences and research - it’s possible I got some details wrong.
Dec 23, 2024
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