A Kaizen for Knowledge Work

Confluence was a mess. Our documentation felt outdated, hard to navigate, and unreliable. Rather than scrap everything and start over, I decided to try something different: a Kaizen. ...

July 16, 2025

Generate the Data. Worry Later.

A suggestion about data: generate it now, and figure out curation later. ...

July 7, 2025

Custom Ipsum for Real-World Testing

Pastures which are subject to overflow should be avoided. All lambs born in April or May should be drenched about August or September following, to be certain of ridding them of worms that may later cause their death. This is output from a tool I built called Veterinary Ipsum. It’s something I’ve created a few times: a Lorem Ipsum generator specific to my company’s business domain. ...

June 27, 2025

Banishing "Random" for Better Software Communication

“I’m still getting this random 404.” Want to sound pro? Banish “random” from your software engineering vocabulary. ...

June 17, 2025

Why I'm Writing to You

Eight years ago I wrote a post called You Should Blog. In it, I made an argument that I still believe in: public, professional writing is something every engineer should try. Today, I want to share why I write, and have for over a decade. ...

June 11, 2025

Four Things I've Changed My Mind About in Engineering

I think a mark of a great engineer is being willing to change one’s mind when presented with new information. Here are four technological things I’ve changed my mind about. ...

May 29, 2025

How I Approach Feature Requests

Receiving feature requests is part of running a software team. Here’s how I handle them. ...

May 14, 2025

Don't Guess

This is a response to “Don’t Guess” from the excellent “The Best Programmers I Know” by Matthias Endler. My goal is to crystallize my understanding of this trait. ...

April 29, 2025

Your Software Is Confusing

If something in your software is confusing to a customer, it is confusing. ...

April 7, 2025

Why I'm "All In" on TypeScript

I’ve added TypeScript to several projects I’ve worked on. In this post, I’d like to discuss why I think TypeScript is essential and document my expectations around it. ...

March 26, 2025