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What Building an AI System Actually Taught Me
I want to be honest about how this was made. The honest version is more useful than the myth. I didn’t sit down and architect a system. I had a problem. I was drowning in newsletters and articles I meant to read. So I thought I’d learn about AI by building something that would actually… Continue reading
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Naming matters more than you think
Naming matters more than you think. I’ve been going through parts of our codebase recently and kept hitting the same friction. A class for export was named one thing, but everyone calls it something else. Nobody uses the actual class name. This export class started out fine. Over time the semantics shifted and the functionality… Continue reading
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The Unsexy Developer Habits That Lead to Long-Term Success
Seven Essential Lessons for Software Developers: A Guide to Thriving in Your Career As a software developer, your journey from coding as a hobby to navigating the complexities of the professional world can be full of unexpected challenges and valuable lessons. Over the course of 20 years in the industry, I transitioned from the joy… Continue reading