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Tech lead and backend engineer focused on architecting and building secure and scalable services
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Sep 10, 2024 · 4 min read · This is one of the most common programming errors I see, and it's probably one of the least obvious. Sure, we want to protect our code from failure scenarios, but we need to be careful about it: there's such a thing as being too defensive in our codi...
Join discussionMay 30, 2024 · 5 min read · Before we had the walled gardens of social media feeds, there was a wonderful time when sites published their feeds in an open format (RSS) that we could subscribe to, free from dopamine-inducing algorithms, creepy targeted ads, and privacy violation...
Join discussionApr 30, 2024 · 3 min read · I'm done trying to fix technical debt. When we ask leadership to budget time for fixing tech debt that is holding us back, it's no longer a surprise that the answer is almost always no. Of course they prefer delivering value to users over obsessing a...
Join discussionMar 16, 2024 · 4 min read · A significant challenge with code maintainability is understanding why the code is the way it is. This includes understanding the trade-offs that were considered, why certain convoluted parts of the codebase can't be simplified, and so on. That's wha...
Join discussionFeb 25, 2024 · 5 min read · There's been a long debate about remote vs on-site work. Some say remote is better because it cuts down on commuting and office costs and widens the talent pool. Some say it's worse because you miss the spontaneous hallway conversations, and maybe pe...
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