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Quick tips for distributed event-based systems

2025-08-13 08:00:00

Hidden lessons painfully learned over the years.

Quick update on Scaling Fast, my next book

2025-08-05 08:00:00

Your goal is not to write a book, it's to change how your reader thinks

These 3 alerts catch the most issues

2025-07-26 08:00:00

Here's a few alerts I've found unreasonably effective over time

What makes a senior engineer

2025-07-22 08:00:00

The base expectation for engineers is that you don't just build whatever you're asked.

A few more thoughts on mentoring

2025-07-09 08:00:00

Wanted to share a few more thoughts on my mentoring philosophy and answer questions that readers asked

Cursor background agents in Slack changed my workflow

2025-07-02 08:00:00

a couple weeks ago Cursor launched a Slack integration and ... wow. First time I can say AI *changed* my workflow