When a spectrum becomes a map
There’s a particular moment when your mental model of a thing becomes something else entirely. This happens when you add a second dimension to something that was previously just a...
Your code is just a cache
We keep hearing software engineers cry wolf: software engineering is dead, and coding is being solved. I don’t think that’s the right way to look at it.
The advent of a lazy software engineer
We all heard about the new laziness that crawls up on us. It is all about spawning as many coding agents as possible, often swarming them up, enjoying the ride...
It's beginning to look a lot like vectors
To enjoy this post the most, please play It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas by Michael Bublé.
AI Agents Need Guardrails, Not God-Mode MCP Access
Just slam an MCP on top of it. This is the mantra that we all hear much too often nowadays. And even if we follow to the letter the spec...
Beyond the Cache Line: Data Access Alignment for Predictable Storage Performance
Beyond the Cache Line: Data Access Alignment for Predictable Storage Performance
Pass the State
You’re writing the most beautiful piece of code ever. It can be a snippet that is LINQ-based, or something else that requires you to pass a function. You add just...
Red, Blue, and Purple
We all love async programming. Until we don’t. Just ask fellow engineers who were tasked with making a piece of code async. They might mention something about colors, like red...
2022 - summary
As I reflect on 2022, it was a really dense year.
The Forgotten Art of C# Inheritance
Every inheritance post should start with a question about a nature of things, like what is what, whether a cat is an animal, etc. Then it should be followed by...