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7 min

A Checklist When You're Stuck

I was two hours into a bug and completely certain it was mine. Properties I'd added on the Java side of an application weren't showing up on the JavaScript side. I'd just touched that code. It had to be my change — that's not a hunch, that's just how these things …

14 min

Do It Wrong First

Somewhere in your organization there is a slide that says do it right the first time to save costs. I have sat in the room where that slide goes up. It always gets nods. It is the kind of sentence nobody can argue with, because arguing with it sounds like …

10 min

It's OK to Get Lucky

I couldn't write this post. I'd tried three or four times. I knew there was something I needed to say about feedback and track records and the way both of those quietly poison each other, but every draft came out either smug or evasive. So I did something I'd been …

7 min

The Ground Is Moving

Here's How One Engineer Is Walking on It I want to be upfront about what this post is and isn't. It isn't a list of five things you should do to stay relevant in the age of AI. I've read plenty of those, and I've tried to write one myself …