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In praise of the stacked pull request

2026-02-04 08:00:00

How fast you do code review is how fast you do everything. Your PR queue is the leading indicator of team velocity. Stacked PRs can help.

How you migrate is everything

2026-01-31 08:00:00

Your code becomes legacy software when it works. You build something to solve a problem, then the problem changes. Or best practices evolve. Or you hire team members with more experience. Or the world changes. Or you have more people touching the same code and your beautiful architectural vision didn't translate.

The future of software engineering is SRE

2026-01-24 08:00:00

When code gets cheap operational excellence wins. Anyone can build a greenfield demo, but it takes engineering to run a service.

A tough job market is the best time to start something

2026-01-17 08:00:00

Here's how to navigate a tough job market from someone dumb enough to have done it before. Me.

Place good startup bets

2026-01-14 08:00:00

You can't win every bet. Your goal is to be a little more right than wrong and keep playing

Small projects, clear scope

2026-01-10 08:00:00

Minutes of planning save you days of programming. It is shocking how little planning it takes to make a big difference.