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Relentlessly focus on the outcomes

2026-05-26 08:00:00

AI makes it easy to focus inwards and feel impressed with all the churn and motion and output you're producing. But your users don't care.

Engineering levels aren't about skill anymore

2026-05-19 08:00:00

Traditional engineering levels were about skill progression. I think this has changed. Everyone now is a mini staff engineer.

Just fix their PR

2026-05-13 08:00:00

You know what's better than a code review comment? A fix.

"But if AI does it all, what's *my* job?"

2026-05-09 08:00:00

On AI, mental load, and delegation

What you need to make an agent

2026-05-05 08:00:00

I've been digging into agents for internal tooling and processes. Looking for how to scale without drowning in manual work. Here's what I found

Quick note on evals and putting AI in your resume

2026-05-01 08:00:00

When candidates put AI on their resume, the key thing I try to find out is whether they used evals. How did you measure making improvements?