Results: 17
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Figure out if non-blockers are still important
Categorizing non-blocking work for long term stability and velocity
2026-04-30 16:16
In order to effectively prioritize work, we need to know if it's a blocker or a non-blocker, but we can't stop there. We need to further understand if our non-blockers have a long term or architectural impact on our blocking work. We also need to understand whether those impacts should or shouldn't be addressed today. This post is a look at categorizing non-blockers along strategic, organizational, and architectural dimensions in order to make better decisions today that will help us tomorrow. Deprioritization is a decision, not a wish, so let's choose wisely.
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Two types of TODO comments
How I use TODO style comments in programming
2025-07-22 11:11
A recent article from Sophie Alpert about TODO comments resonated with me so I’m writing down some of my thoughts on them as well.
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Burnout
Thoughts from an encounter with burnout
2024-03-11 11:23
A while ago I realized I was burnt out and had to get some thoughts out. This post was written over a long period of time as a longitudinal record and reflection on burnout.
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Delivery Performance vs Value Delivery
Or The "How" Matters
2022-06-17 12:06
I want to talk more about performance — the act of executing, building, delivering, how our team works together and with other teams, and how these stack up against our potential.
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Prototype Expand Consolidate
A Method for Building Maintainable Systems
2021-09-01 00:00
Today we look at an efficient, sustainable engineering loop — prototype, expand, consolidate.
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Working in Public
A Way To Be More Open
2021-07-15 00:00
Finished things don't spring up out of the ground in their final state — people have to work hard on them. This is my way of pulling back the curtain on how I work.
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Rewrites Are (Almost) Never the Answer
A Difference Between Desire and Reality
2021-06-01 00:00
Rewrites are tricky to get right. Despite how often we're drawn to them, they're almost never the right solution.
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The Silent Majority of Engineering
A Bit of Perspective
2021-05-01 00:00
Most engineers aren't using all the new shiny tools. Most are quietly coming to work every day, writing code in tried and true ways, and getting things done.
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2019 Work Reads
A Slew of Short Book Reviews
2020-07-01 00:00
My professional reads from last year, rated and reviewed.
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Gestalt Principles of Design
A Crash Course on the Whole
2020-06-15 00:00
Today we're looking at 'die Gestalt', the result of early 20th century studies in psychology that described how humans perceive the world, and how it can help us make outstanding user interfaces.
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CodeMash 2020 - Review
A More Formal Report on a Conference
2020-04-01 00:00
A review of the sessions I attended, what I learned, and how I liked the overall experience of CodeMash 2020.
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CodeMash 2020 - Live
An Informal Report on a Conference
2020-01-08 00:00
Live blogging from CodeMash 2020
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Development Estimates
A Different Take on a Contentious Practice
2018-10-01 00:00
How to get value from development estimates and why I've learned to love them.
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Architecting a More Modern System
A Look at Microservices
2018-07-01 00:00
Making the move from one monolithic service to many microservices can be a complicated process. Here are some reasons why we decided to make the move anyway.
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First Reactions to React
A Review of Building My First React App
2018-06-01 00:00
We're moving our corporate site in house and I thought it would be the perfect time to try out a new javascript framework.
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Tech — Work — Ramblings
2016-10-27 00:00
#tech #ramblings #microblog #structure #work #blog
This page serves as a simple index of all my blog posts. This list should be roughly equivalent to searching for the #blog tag.
If you're looking for my shorter #microblog posts, see 202208270000 Microblog.
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- 202512081102 Adding incoming and outgoing links to my site
- 202511072054 Adding a random note link to my site
- 202507221111 Two types of TODO comments
- 202411302359 Advent of Code 2024
- 202403111123 Burnout
- 202208010000 Making a Rust Roguelike
- 202206171206 Delivery Performance vs Value Delivery
- 202205150000 Learning Rust
- 202205010000 Making a Fitbit Sense Watch Face
- 202109090947 Idea gardening
- 202109010000 Prototype Expand Consolidate
- 202108010000 Designing for Big Screens
- 202107150000 Working in Public
- 202107010000 Unifying My Domain
- 202106010000 Rewrites Are (Almost) Never the Answer
- 202105010000 The Silent Majority of Engineering
- 202009010000 The Only Correct Way to Organize Code
- 202007010000 2019 Work Reads
- 202006150000 Gestalt Principles of Design
- 202006010000 Revamping My Blog
- 202004010000 CodeMash 2020 - Review