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Leadership
From Engineering to Management, Part 1: A Different Kind of Promotion
Real-world lessons from jumping straight from architect to managing managers. What changes, what to unlearn, and how to think like an owner.
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AI
ChatGPT Atlas vs Google (Gemini in Chrome): A Quick Browser Benchmark You Can Actually Run
I ran a small, practical test of browser tasks: summaries, fact checks, and multi-step jobs. I also ran human-rated tests on the Faila story from my blog and added those results below.
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Technology
AI in Coding, Part 8: Future-Proofing Your Career (Skills Engineers Need in the Age of AI)
Part 8: The final guide to thriving as an engineer in the AI era. Six essential skills to future-proof your career and stay valuable as AI transforms coding.
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Technology
AI in Coding, Part 7: Will AI Replace Programmers? Looking 20–40 Years Ahead
Part 7: The big question every programmer is asking. Four scenarios for the long term future of software engineering, from autonomous AI developers to post-coding era.
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Technology
AI in Coding, Part 6: The Next 10 Years of Software Development (Smaller Teams, Bigger Impact)
Part 6: Predicting the future of software development over the next decade. How AI will enable smaller teams to deliver bigger impact and transform engineering roles.
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Technology
AI in Coding, Part 5: How Far We've Come in Just 3 Years
Part 5: A comparative analysis of AI coding tools from 2022 to 2025. From simple autocomplete to repo-wide agents in just three years.
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Tech Stories
The Day a Name Stopped Billing: How a Tiny Substring Caused Big Scare
A true, funny tech story: a subscriber named Faila once tripped a telecom billing engine — and later the tale DDOSd my old $2.95 blog. Lessons on brittle monitoring and hosting.
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Technology
AI in Coding, Part 4: I Let AI Build BigToFit.com During My Lecture (Here's What Happened)
Part 4: A real world case study of building a complete website with AI during a live lecture. From product design to working code in under an hour.
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Technology
AI in Coding, Part 3: Best Practices for Working with Your New Junior Developer
Part 3: Essential best practices for working with AI coding assistants. Treating AI like a brilliant but inexperienced junior developer who needs proper oversight.
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Technology
AI in Coding, Part 2: AI Tools Every Engineer Should Know in 2025
Part 2: A comprehensive guide to AI tools transforming software development in 2025. From code generation to testing, debugging, and documentation.