Walking, building, enjoying
Thinking my own dang thoughts. And, mysterious deer.
Making thoughtful changes to engineering teams
Manager, don’t kill my vibe: how to change team processes without drowning in metrics.
The humble software shopkeeper
Allow a small website or humble software shop to charm you.
Mind (and trim) your backlogs
Keep lists, mostly new stuff. Not too long.
Zingers and tip jars
Margin notes on blogs, great ideas that arrive after hitting publish, and feedback.
What would you do if I coded with Claude?
I get by with a little help from my friends (aka millions of floating-point numbers)
Make peace with estimates and get good at system design along the way
Folks won't stop asking for them, so you might as well get good at estimates
