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My thoughts on development, engineering, leadership, and curated readings from around the web that I find valuable.

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Similarity Between Learning and Building a House

Learning is like building a house: you need to prepare the ground, pour the foundation, frame the structure, add the essentials, and make it your own. A practical framework for approaching any learning journey.

learning soft-skills methodology
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Thoughts on thinking

Original: Dustin Curtis on dcurt.is β€’ 6/20/2025

Curated: August 12, 2025

ai links/readings
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Problem Solving: The Right Amount of Context

How deep should you go? Learn to recognize when you have enough context to solve your problem vs. when you're falling down a rabbit hole.

problem-solving learning productivity
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Horseless carriages

Original: Koomen on Koomen's Blog β€’ 6/8/2025

Curated: July 15, 2025

ai links/readings
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Being in the Details

Original: James Stanier on The Engineering Manager β€’ 5/28/2025

Curated: July 8, 2025

career links/readings
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Your Manager Is Not Your Best Friend

Original: Stay SaaSy on Stay SaaSy β€’ 6/2/2025

Curated: June 18, 2025

management links/readings
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Hyper-typing

Original: pscanf on pscanf β€’ 5/10/2025

Curated: May 28, 2025

frontend links/readings
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Problem Solving: Iterating Through Problems

Problem solving is rarely linear. Learn how to make steady progress through iteration, and understand that the problem you start with might not be the real problem.

problem-solving methodology soft-skills
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How to win an argument with a toddler

Original: Seth Godin on Seth's Blog β€’ 4/14/2025

Curated: April 18, 2025

softskills links/readings
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Everything Wrong with MCP

Original: Shrivu Shankar on Shrivu's Substack β€’ 4/13/2025

Curated: April 16, 2025

ai links/readings
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Kanban Milk

Original: Pawel Brodzinski on Pawel Brodzinski's Blog β€’ 3/1/2025

Curated: March 8, 2025

work links/readings
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Introducing 4o Image Generation

Original: OpenAI on OpenAI Blog β€’ 1/15/2025

Curated: January 28, 2025

ai links/readings
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On Receiving Feedback

My reflections on the art of receiving feedback effectively, based on conversations with colleagues who've been through recent performance cycles.

management soft-skills
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My approach to running a link blog

Original: Simon Willison on Simon Willison's Weblog β€’ 12/22/2024

Curated: January 5, 2025

writing links/readings
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The Pressure to Learn 'Quickly' and Digital Consumption

My reflections on the overwhelming pressure in tech to learn quickly and how digital consumption affects our ability to focus and create meaningful work.

productivity learning digital-consumption
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Interviewing is Hard

My thoughts on the imbalance between interview preparation resources and the reality that senior professionals spend more time interviewing than being interviewed.

management soft-skills interviewing
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Problem Solving: Problems in the Unknown

What do you do when you have no idea where to start? Learn the three phases of tackling unfamiliar problems: Experiment, Research, and Experts.

problem-solving learning debugging
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Reflections on Trust and Management

My thoughts on Charles H. Green's trust equation and the challenges of quantifying human relationships in management contexts.

management soft-skills
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The good times in tech are over

Original: Sean Goedecke on Sean Goedecke's Blog β€’ 8/15/2024

Curated: November 8, 2024

career links/readings
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useOptimistic and how it works internally

Original: React Team & JSer on React Documentation β€’ 3/20/2024

Curated: October 15, 2024

frontend links/readings
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Problem Solving: The Intention

Being explicit about what kind of answer you want can save hours of wasted time. Learn how to communicate your intentions clearly when asking questions.

problem-solving communication soft-skills
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Your strengths are your weaknesses

Original: Dave Bailey on Terrible Software β€’ 3/31/2025

Curated: July 18, 2024

soft-skills links/readings
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Problem Solving: The Context

Everything that surrounds a question is part of its context. Learn how to provide the right information so others can reproduce and understand your problems.

problem-solving debugging communication
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CSS Hell

Original: CSS Hell on CSS Hell β€’ 1/1/2024

Curated: May 12, 2024

frontend links/readings
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Problem Solving: Introduction & Why Questions Matter

Problems are relative to context and knowledge. Learn why asking the right questions is the first and most crucial step in solving any problem.

problem-solving soft-skills communication
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OSWeekends - The Art of Asking

A talk about the importance of asking questions in the developer community and overcoming the shame around not knowing something.

conference soft-skills
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Talk about Microfrontends at Codemotion

An introductory talk about microfrontends covering advantages, disadvantages, and real-world implementations from companies like IKEA, Spotify, and PayPal.

frontend conference
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How I approach an Advent of Code problem

My methodology for tackling coding challenges, from brute force to optimized solutions using real examples.

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