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Research as leisure activity
my favorite form of entertainment is downloading PDFs ✦ plus favorite Fluxus artists and early programs
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The carefulness knob
A play in one act Dramatis personae EM, an engineering manager TL, the tech lead for the team X, an engineering manager from a different team Scene 1: A meeting room in an office. The walls are ado…
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PyCon US 2024 Recap
Unlocking the Parallel Universe: Subinterpreters and Free-Threading in Python 3.13
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Looking for a Job Is Tough
Since the beginning of September, I've been searching for a job after being laid off from my previous role at the end of June. The market is tough, lot’s of fake jobs, so it’s been pretty challenging to even land an interview. Still, I managed to get a few, and, well, not all of them were great — though not…
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Write for others but mostly for yourself (2022)
I started my blog originally to help me get to the next level in my career and help establish myself as an authority in the areas of tech that I was focusing on. I liked writing and thought I had something to say. Looking back at my 6 years of blogging now it’s hard to recognise myself from the eng
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What contributing to Open-source is, and what it isn't
Much code, very webdev. A blog by Samuel Faure about web development, Ruby on Rails, Node.js, and more.
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Getting into robotics as a software engineer
Most of my career has been working on web services and mobile apps but at some point this got old for me—in high school I was part of a soldering club and I had this lingering feeling that I wanted to get into ‘harder’ problems. Two years ago I started looking around for companies in Amsterdam and came across…
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Why new hires often get paid more than existing employees
Last Updated: January 24, 2026One of the most enlightening moments in my career was when I discovered a…
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A letter to open-source maintainers
Achieving Data Freedom Through Open Source and Rust
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Use Your Potions and Scrolls
I find that when I play RPG games, I often hoard single-use items like potions and scrolls, saving them for some future critical moment. I finish games like Skyrim with a backpack full of unspent resources, reserved for a crisis that never actually arrives. What’s the point, then, of all these items? Just like I save…
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UI is a function of your organization
The Domino’s “Pizza Tracker” is an intriguing piece of UI. As an end user, it provides the precision of detail you want in tracking your order: Your order has…
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How to graduate your PhD when you have no hope
a.k.a. Richard Hamming vs. Richard Feynman
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Things I've learned serving on the board of the Python Software Foundation
Two years ago I was elected to the board of directors for the Python Software Foundation—the PSF. I recently returned from the annual PSF board retreat (this one was in …
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How to make Product give a shit about your architecture proposal
I had a plumber over the other day. I was worried that my water service line might be leaking. There was a wet patch in the yard and I noticed that one of my sink’s water pressure seemed to be lowe…
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Clever code is probably the worst code you could write (2023)
And clear, readable code is probably the hardest code to write
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I no longer maintain my Emacs projects on Sourcehut
I am switching away from SourceHut because it no longer fits my workflow.
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Thoughts on tech employment
The Washington Post writes The U.S. economy is booming. So why are tech companies laying off workers? This article has some good data, but I think misses the point with sub-heads like “Shine has co…
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Silos are fine, as long as there is an API between them
"Destroying silos" is a clumsy solution to team isolation
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On Building Git for Lawyers
Building git for lawyers at Version Story (YC W21) — versionstory.com
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A concrete example of what goes wrong with Apple's docs
Projects and thoughts from James Porter
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Three questions to turn the table during technical interviews
Questions for when your interviewer says “Do you have any questions for me?”
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The Waterfall Model was a straw man argument from the beginning (2015)
Over the years, I've read a lot of books on software engineering. Agile books in particular like to refute the "Waterfall Model". Every t...
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Rim/Blackberry tales – reply all
Names and emails (even Sumit’s) have been redacted to protect the innocent and the guilty. But you know who you are. Who is Sumit B? I...
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My 25-year engineering career retrospective
Reflecting on my engineering career and what I could have done better.
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Remote work won, don't let anyone gaslight you to believe otherwise
Bad managers and CRE bagholders lost, competent employees and internet-savvy teams won ...arbitrary authoritarian control over your work-life is so 1900s