Thinking like a LLM
February 15, 2025 │ ai
Engineers who won’t commit
February 10, 2025 │ good engineers
Good engineers are right, a lot
February 6, 2025 │ good engineers, tech companies
How I use LLMs as a staff engineer
February 4, 2025 │ ai
Why does AI slop feel so bad to read?
February 1, 2025 │ ai
Are DeepSeek's new models really that fast and cheap?
Why AI labs offer so many different models
January 28, 2025 │ ai
What did DeepSeek figure out about reasoning with DeepSeek-R1?
January 26, 2025 │ ai, explainers, deepseek
Playing politics is how senior engineers protect their team
January 26, 2025 │ tech companies, ethics
Working fast and slow
January 25, 2025
Why are big tech companies so slow?
January 24, 2025 │ tech companies
Protecting your time from predators in large tech companies
January 19, 2025 │ tech companies
Thinking clearly about software
January 18, 2025 │ good engineers
Giving pushback to leadership
January 16, 2025 │ tech companies
Crushing JIRA tickets is a party trick, not a path to impact
January 14, 2025 │ tech companies, good engineers