Essays
Vibe Coding Is Having Its Hangover Moment
The code worked. Until production happened. AI-assisted development is accelerating software delivery, but many teams are discovering that fast code and good code are not the same thing.
Productivity
Ideas for focusing on meaningful progress instead of staying busy, including what actually moves the needle at work.
Career Growth
The Developer’s Guide to Responsible AI
AI can help developers move faster, but speed without understanding creates fragile systems, security risks, and technical debt. Responsible AI use is not about avoiding AI. It is about using it without surrendering your judgment, ethics, or engineering standards.
Field Notes
RTO Is a Measurement Failure (Not a Collaboration Strategy)
Return-to-office policies are often framed as collaboration fixes. In practice, they usually signal something else: unclear outcomes, weak measurement, and a quiet shift of cost from companies to employees.
Career Growth
The Career Advice I Needed as a Developer but Never Got
Early developer advice focuses on survival, not growth. These are the lessons I wish someone had shared before my career slowed down.
Career Growth
5 Signs You’re Progressing as a Developer Even If It Doesn’t Feel Like It
Developer growth is rarely apparent in the moment. These subtle signals help you recognize progress even when it does not appear to be occurring.
Career Growth
How to Tell If You’re Actually Growing as a Developer
Growth as a developer is rarely obvious while it is happening. These signals help you tell whether you are actually progressing or just staying busy.
Productivity
Why Speed Is Overrated Early in a Developer Career
Speed is often praised early in a developer career. This is why optimizing for speed too soon can quietly limit growth and long-term impact.
Career Growth
7 Career Mistakes Early Developers Make That Quietly Slow Their Growth
Most early developer career mistakes are quiet ones. These habits feel productive at first, but they often slow growth without anyone noticing.
Career Growth
How to Stop Feeling Behind as a Developer and Start Making Intentional Progress
Feeling behind is common in an early or mid-career developer role. This is how to replace vague anxiety with clear, intentional progress that actually compounds.
Career Growth
Why “Always Be Learning” Is Bad Career Advice for Early Developers
Always be learning” sounds like good advice. For early developers, it often creates anxiety, distraction, and shallow growth. Here is a better way to think about learning.
Career Growth
New Year’s Resolution for Tech Leaders: Fewer Promises, More Follow-Through
Every January we promise change. By February the same systems are still running the show. This year is about fewer promises and better leadership through focus, clarity, and boring habits that actually work.
Leadership
The Difference Between Being Busy and Being Valuable
Being busy feels productive. Being valuable actually is. Here’s how leaders accidentally confuse motion with impact, and how to fix it without burning out your team.