You know the feeling. New job, first week. Or a project someone quit and left to you. Or an open-source repo you want to contribute to. You clone it, you open it, and there it is: thousands of files, folders inside folders, names you don't recognize, and the specific, sinking dread of *I'm supposed...
Read articleI have been writing a lot about AI lately, but this one is more personal than usual. Not a tutorial, not a hot take on some new model - just something I have been sitting with for a few weeks now. Let's start from the beginning. A few weeks ago I was scrolling Twitter at around midnight, the way yo...
Read articleI am going to start with a number most people will not say out loud. **1,200 applications.** That is how many jobs I applied to over 3 to 4 months trying to switch from a service-based company to a product-based one. I had spreadsheets, saved searches, and browser tabs I kept telling myself I woul...
Read article*Complete preparation breeds complacency. What is seen every day no longer raises suspicion. The hidden lies within the open — not opposed to it.* *— The 36 Stratagems, "[Deceive the Heavens to Cross the Sea](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thirty-Six_Stratagems#Deceive_the_heavens_to_cross_the_sea)"*...
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