On compounding patterns and the art of divergence.

A simple list—because it's actually quite simple.

Will Larson's learnings from being Carta's CTO for the last couple of years.

Technically? Very slick. But something about the experience left me uneasy.

A sign of desperation or a sign of clear communication?

Deliberate (?) trade-offs we make for the sake of output speed.

I’ve been having too many “2025 is not much fun”-themed career discussions with prior colleagues navigating the current job market.

The one email I ever got from Steve Jobs.

A tool to help you make better career decisions.

Satisfaction comes from arriving at a deeper, more intimate understanding of and relationship to what you’re working with

Without taste, you’re likely to work toward the wrong thing. Without agency, even if you work toward the right thing, you’re likely to get nowhere.

Many of us became software engineers because we found our identity in building things. Not managing things. Not overseeing things. Building things.

Why remaining non-committal is cowardly (and isn't it the same with design?).

In the squishy realm of managing humans, the specific things you say have specific outcomes.

A more scalable way to access unproven talent before anyone else.

What murderbots can teach us about client strategy.

One of life’s greatest simple pleasures is creating something just for yourself.

One should help people, and take care of the world. Those two are obvious. But is there anything else?

The ability to sustain focused effort despite pain or discomfort (or to stay true to your values especially when it’s hard to do so).

If you’ve ever had an app randomly interrupt your day to ask if you love it. That's measureship.