A blog post discussing the importance of speed in technology and work, referencing Daniel Lemire's insights on avoiding obsolescence.
A critique of AI's role in software development, arguing that output is not productivity and that expertise remains essential for solving real problems.
A developer draws parallels between physical clutter and technical debt, advocating for regular 'code cleaning' sessions to improve team happiness and productivity.
A guide to manually tackling tedious software development tasks like linting and dependency upgrades, and when brute force is the right approach.
Strategies for development teams to identify, plan for, and break the vicious cycle of accumulating technical debt.
Explains how to leverage urgency to justify large-scale refactoring projects and gain organizational buy-in for technical improvements.
A monthly update on TinyPilot, a tech hardware project, covering revenue, product development challenges, and business bottlenecks.
A developer shares 9 key lessons learned from maintaining a large Vue.js codebase for 3 years, focusing on consistency, legacy code, and dependencies.
Explores the causes of legacy software and offers developer strategies to prevent codebases from becoming hard-to-maintain systems.
A developer's chart on career priorities goes viral, sparking discussion on the evolution from making code work to valuing readability and avoiding over-abstraction.
Article argues that code quality directly impacts user experience by enabling faster feature delivery and fewer bugs.
A satirical article about a town building a new, high-tech road that prioritizes cars and revenue over pedestrians and cyclists.
The article argues for co-locating code comments with the relevant code, explaining the maintainability and clarity benefits over separate documentation files.
A speaker's reflections on PyTexas 2019, summarizing key talks on feature flag management and using mypy with ORMs.
An article discussing the importance of fixing hidden technical debt and friction in software development, even when it's not immediately visible.
