Tag: essay

All the English-translated articles with the tag "essay".

• In an Era That Doesn't Read Code, What Should an Engineer Read?

  19 Feb, 2026

  Anthropic's research found that developers who used AI learned 17 percent less. So why do people using the same tool end up with completely different results? AI is a mirror.

• How to Read Tech Articles: A Three-Pass Method

  10 Feb, 2026

  An efficient three-pass method for reading the tech blogs, RFCs, and newsletters that pile up every day. I adapt S. Keshav's Three-Pass Method for tech articles, and cover how to keep yourself in the driver's seat as a reader in the AI era.

• Reading 'The Obstacle is the Way' (with a side of Meditations)

  3 Feb, 2026

  A reflection on Ryan Holiday's 'The Obstacle is the Way' and Marcus Aurelius's 'Meditations', and the Stoic posture for facing failure and despair.

• There's No Future for an Organization That Can't Win

  25 Jan, 2026

  What I learned from running a startup as CEO and serving as CTO. An honest confession about the leader going it alone, teams that only do what they're told, and what happens to organizations that never define what winning means.

• F1 Leadership: What Did James Vowles Actually Do? An Engineer's Take

  9 Jan, 2026

  I broke down how James Vowles revived Williams, the perennial last-place team. How he changed a team that managed 20,000 parts in Excel, why a no-blame culture and a long-term view matter, and how he convinced Carlos Sainz. Behind the results (a confirmed 5th in the 2025 Constructors' standings and two podiums), there's a kind of leadership worth pulling apart.

• What Should Junior Developers Learn in the AI Era?

  6 Dec, 2025

  What should junior developers learn in the AI era? The hiring market has frozen and companies only want mid-level engineers who can ship on day one. AI is a double-edged sword for juniors. Hand everything to an agent like Claude Code and you lose the chance to learn. Literacy (reading and writing), real projects with even ten users, coding tests trained as problem-solving rather than memorization. A survival guide for junior developers, drawn from my mentoring experience.