Posted on Apr 30, 2024

Building Strong Teams: Trust from day one #principles #safety #teamwork

First impressions matter on teams. Misinterpreting a new teammate's behavior can lead to misunderstandings and conflict.

Posted on Mar 26, 2024

TODOs: When Unfinished Code is Good, Actually #engineering #principles #coding

Software engineers rarely complete projects, and as a result, code is often filled with "TODO comments." This is okay! TODO comments are beneficial as long as they do not become a crutch.

Posted on Mar 13, 2024

Stop oversimplifying simplicity #engineering #principles #teamwork

The true measure of a staff software engineer is not how simple their code is, it's how they help their team navigate hard problems.

Posted on Mar 4, 2024

Migrating a personal homepage to Svelte #development #frontend #svelte

Thinking about the Svelte Web Framework? I’m going to describe a 3 fears I had before trying it out and where I landed on Svelte when compared with NextJS for personal homepages.

Posted on Jul 18, 2023

One habit for continuous learning #comics #blogging #principles

I once received advice from someone whom I thought was a mature adult: "Don't become a software engineer. You'll always have to learn new things!"