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What makes strong engineers strong?

January 9, 2025 │ good engineers

Is it cynical to do what your manager wants?

January 8, 2025 │ tech companies, cynicism

Ratchet effects determine engineer reputation at large companies

January 5, 2025 │ tech companies

Mistakes engineers make in large established codebases

January 2, 2025 │ tech companies, software design, large codebases

Glue work considered harmful

December 16, 2024 │ tech companies

How I got promoted to staff engineer twice

December 28, 2024 │ tech companies, good engineers, staff, how to

What can strong engineers do that weak engineers can't?

December 27, 2024 │ good engineers, tech companies

Why some engineers get trusted with high-impact work

December 22, 2024 │ tech companies, good engineers

Grifters, believers, grinders, and coasters

December 2, 2024 │ tech companies

I don't know how to build software and you don't either

November 20, 2024 │ good engineers

How I ship projects at big tech companies

November 9, 2024 │ good engineers, tech companies, shipping, how to

Talking to ChatGPT costs 5ml of water, not 500ml

October 28, 2024 │ ai, ethics, policy

MCTS and LLMs: what's the big deal?

June 17, 2024 │ ai, explainers

From hours to seconds: AI tools to detect animal calls

April 25, 2024 │ projects, ai

Porting and hacking Llama2.c for fun and profit

November 26, 2023 │ ai, explainers
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