Those Old Programming Books
Dog-eared, coffee-stained, held together by stubbornness and nostalgia. The programming books from the late 1970s that started a 45-year journey in technology....
The Technical Co-Founder Burnout Nobody Talks About
Technical co-founders face unique pressures: irreversible architecture decisions, constant translation duty, recognition gaps, and always-on responsibility. 54% of founders burned out last year - for ...
Documentation as Product: What Open Source Gets Right
Documentation quality determines adoption more than feature completeness. Tom Preston-Werner's Readme Driven Development and the open source community show how doc-first thinking produces better softw...
The Solo Founder Loneliness Problem
Solo founders face psychological costs the startup world rarely acknowledges. The isolation isn't weakness—it's physics....
The AI Bubble Will Deflate, Not Pop
Drawing parallels between the 2000 dot-com crash and today's AI investment frenzy. Why the current AI correction will be a deflation rather than a catastrophic burst....
When Microservices Make Sense
Microservices succeed when you have the right prerequisites: team scale, deployment independence, scaling needs, and operational maturity. Here's how to tell if they're right for you....
Startup Metrics Theater: Vanity vs Value
Vanity metrics like DAU and total downloads create illusions of progress while hiding real problems. The metrics that predict survival - retention, churn, unit economics - often hurt to look at....
C Was the Last Good Language
Why modern languages prioritize developer experience over runtime efficiency. The trade-offs we accepted and forgot. Where Rust tries to have it both ways....
What Text Adventures Taught Me About Software
How text adventure games like Zork shaped my understanding of software design, interface thinking, and the power of constraints to fuel creativity....
Remote Work Made Us Worse
Remote work traded visible costs for invisible ones. Knowledge transfer, mentorship, and collaboration all suffered....
Why Multimodal AI Is Massively Overhyped
Multimodal AI sits at peak hype on Gartner's 2025 cycle. But 80% of pilots fail to scale beyond testing. The gap between benchmark performance and production reality is where projects go to die....
Why I Spent $0 on Patents for 20 Years - Then Filed Everything
When patents matter (defensive portfolios, M&A leverage, licensing revenue) and when they're a distraction. The top 10 AI patent holders control nearly half of industry IP....
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