I gave a talk at BestBrains Academy about cultural differences and using humor when leading teams of engineers. Here are some of the relevant links: Meme generator Maker’s Schedule, Manager’s Schedule Why you shouldn’t interrupt a programmer (comic) The joke and its relation to the unconscious Culture comparison tool

I’m a big fan of static typing. With Kanel, I generate types for Typescript from Postgres databases. That means that the compiler helps me remember if a member has a fullName or firstName+ lastName columns/properties. If I mistype or mis-remember, a squiggly line in my editor or a CI failure…

This is the third time I am writing about AI. I am not any kind of thought leader on the topic. I think like most people, I am trying to process what’s happening in every way possible, and writing is one such way. My late grandmother was uncomfortable in this…

Yes, it’s awesome. I declared my affection a while ago and it has genuinely altered the way I write frontend code. Everything I loved about it, I still love. Additionally, it has nudged me out of the habit of making CSS rules that cascade. …

..and I encourage you to do the same! My dad is a man of fierce integrity. If you have a principle you should stand by it, also when it’s not convenient for you. He also has a very big heart. He holds himself to high standards but never lectures others…

Generated content has been around for ages. I remember dreaming of video games with unlimited territory to explore, with the obvious solution being for the terrain to be generated by some clever algorithm. As it turned out, every time I actually played a game where something was generated, the experience…

Index.js files are a “cute” feature that Ryan Dahl came up with when he designed Node.js. While he officially regrets them, I think they have evolved to be a useful tool for structuring code. …

Sorry, this is a bit of a rant. My preferred routing library for React has been Raviger for a while but recently I needed to figure out how the most recent version of React Router works. …

15 years ago I felt like the world was improving at record speeds because of technological advances. And I was a part of it. Not that I did anything particularly influential, but I identified with the tech sector and it felt like “my people” were freeing the world of the…