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My 25-year adventure in AI and ML
This is the 25-year story of how I fell into the field of AI.
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Every blog post that took off on Hacker News, ranked by the votes of its best submission. 4,748 posts.
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Developer on Call
For the system at work, I am on call one week every seven weeks. For most of the past ten years, I have been on organized on call rotations for the systems I have been developing. I think being on …
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Sucks to be an old engineer
As if the coming wave of foreign engineers resulting from the inevitable immigration bill isn’t bad enough, I saw this comment left on a Wall Street Journal article: At my recent 40th Stanford reun…
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Vesper, Adieu
If I could do it all over again, here is what I would do differently.
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What I Learned at Stripe
In February 2022, I left my job at Splunk to take some time first to relax then to focus on finding a fantastic next job . I managed to do both during my three months of funemployment, landing a job at Stripe in the Atlas team in May. I was laid off in November 2022, along with most people who were hired during this…
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You're Not Interviewing for the Job. You're Auditioning for the Job Title
I once had a job interview for a backend position. Their stack was Node.js, MySQL, nothing exotic. The interviewer asked: "If you have an array containing a million entries, how would you sort the dat
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Organizational Skills Beat Algorithmic Wizardry
It's not about technology for its own sake. It's about being able to implement your ideas.
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So you want to be a consultant?
Or: Why work 8 hours/day for someone else when you can work 16 hours/day for yourself?
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How to not waste time on a side project when trying to get a job
For the distinct purpose of getting a job in tech, side projects are either a great use of your time or a great waste of your time.
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Don't Outsource Your Thinking (2015)
One of the most useful lessons I learned from working at Facebook had nothing to do with technology: Doubt the media. Always doubt the…
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Become a Better Developer by Reading Source Code
In this post, I share why I think that reading source code is an important technique which can be applied to become a better software developer.
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If you are good at code review, you will be good at using AI agents
Using AI agents correctly is a process of reviewing code. If you’re good at reviewing code, you’ll be good at using tools like Claude Code, Codex, or the…
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Development speed is not a bottleneck
Big part of discussion around vibe coding revolves around pace of development while it was never a key constraint in succeeding with a product.
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My Experience as a Remote Worker
I've spent half of my career working remotely. This post chronicles those experiences, giving a real-world window into what it's like to work fully-remote as a software engineer.
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What I'm Up to Now
a short post
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You're solving the wrong problem
Problem-solving is an important part of everyday life, from organizing your video library to deciding whether to buy a car. Small problems (like trying to
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My experience as the first employee of a Y Combinator startup
I'm the first employee of BackType , a Summer '08 YC company. My joining the company increased the...
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Coding tricks I learnt at Apple
When I worked at the Apple Online Store , we would never load test the live website. There was rarely a need. However, it was always an inte...
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"Careless" employees
Recently a friend said to me, "My remote engineer contractors aren't committed enough. They say they'll get a feature finished by the end ...
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The non-linearity of productivity
I happen to be going through a very productive time right now. I’m working on a project that I’m very excited about, and the threads are all coming together to create a very satisfying tapestry.
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Planning is for doing
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Why the last 20% of work takes the same amount of time as the first 80%
You know when developers tell you that they did 80% of the application in x days and that they need the same amount of time for the last 20%?