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How History Can Inform a Dynamic Understanding of Technological Revolutions Mirroring this Moment In Software Engineering
September 30, 2026 · 17 minYou're tired of hearing that you need to pick up AI, so today I'm not going to add to that pile. Instead, we'll look back at two moments in history that look a lot like this one: the arrival of Fortran in the 1950s, and the spread of…
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Fundamentals Will Help You Survive the Constant Acceleration of Software Engineering
September 21, 2026 · 13 minFundamentals get talked about constantly, but rarely defined. In this episode I dig into what a fundamental actually is — the building blocks, heuristics, and core characteristics that don't change — and why they matter more than ever in a…
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You Don't Learn Helplessness - You Learn Control
September 5, 2026 · 16 minIn 1967, a study on shock avoidance gave us "learned helplessness," and for nearly fifty years that was the prevailing explanation for why people give up. Then the original authors published a follow-up with brain scan data showing they…
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Why Reducing Complexity Is A Sign of Seniority
August 21, 2026 · 15 minAs you grow as an engineer, something counterintuitive happens: the systems you build get simpler, not more complex. In this episode, I explore why senior engineers tend to collapse abstractions, accept certain risks, and reduce the…
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A Pragmatic Definition for Accountability
August 14, 2026 · 23 minAccountability is a word you'll hear in your performance reviews, from your manager, and increasingly as you step into leadership. It's also one of the most abused and misunderstood concepts in our industry. Many of us have a visceral…
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Using Substition to Make Decisions Simpler
July 22, 2026 · 19 minThere's a cognitive trick our brains play whenever we face a hard question or a difficult decision: we quietly swap the hard thing for something easier to answer. It's called substitution, and we do it constantly — usually without…
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Your Single Most Important Tool for Managing the Uneven Downsides of Risk
July 10, 2026 · 25 minThe skills you build and the tools you master matter, but they aren't your most important asset when things go wrong — and something eventually will. In this episode, I work through why our careers and lives are governed more by avoiding…
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Why Can't You Go Faster With AI? Focus on the Friction to Find Out
June 24, 2026 · 19 minIf you are a manager, a lead engineer, or anyone growing into more responsibility, this throwback episode is built for you. We keep hearing the same question, now louder than ever: "Why can't this go faster?" AI and agentic coding have…