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6 pieces, newest first. Essays when an idea earns the length, field notes when it does not.
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Engineering
2
Systems
1
Craft
2
Field Notes
1
2026
4 posts
Engineering
The cost of a clean abstraction
Aug 14, 2026
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3 min read
Systems
Systems that punish honesty
Jul 29, 2026
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3 min read
Craft
Reading code like prose
Jun 11, 2026
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3 min read
Field Notes
Notes on leaving a codebase
May 2, 2026
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2 min read
2025
2 posts
Engineering
The migration that never ends
Nov 18, 2025
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2 min read
Craft
Tools I stopped using
Sep 6, 2025
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2 min read