A guide for CTOs on measuring the business impact of tech initiatives, moving beyond productivity metrics to connect work to outcomes.
A rebuttal to Dwarkesh Patel's skepticism about near-term AGI, arguing his limited AI usage experience leads to flawed conclusions.
A developer's personal reflection on struggling to integrate AI coding tools effectively, feeling left behind despite the hype.
A web developer reflects on 10 years of successful collaboration with his brother, highlighting their complementary skills in building design systems and teaching.
A practical guide to fixing Google Chrome when it crashes immediately on startup on macOS, focusing on corrupted session data.
A guide to capturing and analyzing Java thread dumps to identify performance bottlenecks, deadlocks, and CPU issues.
Poltergeist is an AI-friendly universal file-watcher tool that automatically rebuilds projects when files change, speeding up development cycles.
A software engineer's reflection on why buggy software is released, using personal anecdotes about frustrating apps and websites.
Explains the difference between restart_lsn and confirmed_flush_lsn in PostgreSQL replication slots for troubleshooting and optimization.
Explains the difference between confirmed_flush_lsn and restart_lsn in PostgreSQL replication slots for troubleshooting and optimization.
An experiment testing the limits of autonomous AI code generation for a Spring Boot app, revealing current limitations and the need for human oversight.
Explores three AKS VMSS node pool deployment models and practical lessons on handling deallocated nodes during zonal capacity issues.
A guide to effectively composing React Server and Client Components to maintain performance benefits while adding interactivity.
Explores the new passkey authentication support in ASP.NET Core Identity for .NET 10, focusing on changes in the Blazor template and WebAuthn integration.
Explains how to use sorting and Z-order clustering in Apache Iceberg tables to optimize query performance and data layout.
Analysis of Substack's decline and how AI enables creators to build their own platforms, reducing reliance on centralized blogging services.
Life After Dog By Ben Nadel Published 2025-08-04 in Life — Comments (11) I never wanted a dog — I wanted a simple life. My wife was the one who wanted
Benchmarking GPU vs CPU performance for local AI image generation in C# using the TransformersSharp library and Hugging Face models.
A developer documents their experience using AI coding assistants to build a web-based version of Speed Scrabble, focusing on front-end challenges and mobile UI limitations.
Explains a new PostgreSQL 19 feature that displays Memoize planner estimates in EXPLAIN output to help debug query plan choices.
