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03 Jun 2026

A recent wildly popular post argued that a $5,000 token budget per engineer per month is optimal, and that anything less …

08 May 2026

The tech industry has declared that AI will increase developer productivity. Task-level productivity feels obvious, …

22 Apr 2026

I have spent nearly a decade asking a few simple questions. Why do people like Mahatma Gandhi, Desmond Tutu, and the …

11 Apr 2026

It is time to dig deep to tear apart the romantic idea that authenticity is showing up as yourself. Nobody knows what …

04 Apr 2026

I know a software developer, call her A. B is the manager of another team, handling a critical project with plenty of …

29 Mar 2026

Take a typical work situation. Something was expected of my team. But it was not met. The other party calls for a …

21 Mar 2026

I vividly remember how it felt in my stomach - a mixture of bitterness, hurt, and shame. It was years ago. I had to walk …

15 Mar 2026

Per Anthropic’s most recent article on AI’s implications on the labor market, I belong to the most exposed occupation: …

07 Mar 2026

I’ve spent over 25 years watching software systems accumulate entropy and drift into disrepair and failure. …

25 Jan 2026

Imagine this situation: You are an experienced dev manager. You know how to assemble 15-20 adult software developers, …