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Most software projects do not struggle because the first version was hard to build. They struggle because important decisions were not made clearly enough, early enough, or visibly enough. At first, t
I use TypeScript often. I like Python for the things Python is great at. I have built backend services in Node.js, worked across different stacks, and seen enough production systems to know there is r
I’ve noticed serverless conversations tend to split into two camps: People who think it solves everything, and people who think it’s a mistake. The reality is much more useful than either extreme. Eve
I recently started training Wing Chun. At first glance, it doesn't look like what most people expect from martial arts. There's no flash. No wasted motion. No emphasis on brute force. Everything is controlled, direct, and intentional. When I first wa...
Most founders who bring in a fractional engineering leader are looking for the same thing: engineering momentum. Not activity — engineers are almost always busy — but directed motion. Work that compounds toward something, where effort today makes tom...
Most developers reach for VS Code by default. It's a reasonable choice — good ecosystem, low friction, gets out of your way. I used it for years. At some point I started paying attention to how much t
I've built Go Lambda APIs a few different ways over the years. Some of those experiments are in production right now — including the API that powers this site. What follows is the pattern I've landed
Most founders who reach out to a fractional engineering leader have the same question underneath whatever they actually ask: is this a real thing, and is it for me? It's a fair question. The term gets
I didn't plan to become an engineering manager. I was a senior engineer who cared deeply about how the team worked, and at some point that care turned into a title. What followed was a crash course in
