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Throwing away a decade of institutional knowledge Mar 21, 2026
Values as your career north star Mar 21, 2026
Brobots still talking about lines of code in 2026 Mar 20, 2026
Vibe coding — 90% done! Mar 19, 2026
"AI is changing everything!" said the AI startup founders Mar 18, 2026
Vibe coding isn't the hard part Mar 15, 2026
Well past muting AI slop takes Mar 15, 2026
You Can't Prompt Your Way to Judgment (Dr. Claire Knight) Mar 13, 2026
Silicon Valley Has Lost Its Moral Compass with Anil Dash Mar 9, 2026
That's not hiring rigor Mar 9, 2026
An ethical stand after the Block layoffs Mar 4, 2026
Instant block for anyone piggybacking on layoffs Feb 28, 2026
Mismanagement Hall of Fame first ballot inductee Feb 28, 2026
I am so angry about the Square and Cash App layoffs Feb 27, 2026
People are the only thing that matter in companies Feb 27, 2026
The worst people you don't know are coming out of the woodwork Feb 27, 2026
You don't lay off 40% of your staff because of AI (Kelly Vaughn) Feb 27, 2026
Dorsey sucked as Twitter CEO and is at it again Feb 26, 2026
Keep track of your accomplishments as they happen Feb 25, 2026
Liberally blocking and muting on LinkedIn is underrated Feb 18, 2026
AI fatigue is real and nobody talks about it (Siddharth Khare) Feb 13, 2026
Silver linings from old jobs imploding Feb 13, 2026
Marc Andreessen said... Feb 7, 2026
Every layoff announcement needs an executive pay cut section Feb 5, 2026
Interviews — louder for the people in the back (Zoë Hall) Jan 21, 2026
You'll end up getting a job where you belong Jan 20, 2026
Two things I'll forever remember from my job hunt Jan 18, 2026
Once upon a time, there was a podcast (Chet Haase) Jan 16, 2026
The stages of submitting a talk to / giving a talk at a conference Jan 16, 2026
21 Lessons From 14 Years at Google (Addy Osmani) Jan 14, 2026
Ghosting job applicants is weird Jan 14, 2026
A tech career in 2026 (Anil Dash) Jan 5, 2026
Values in tech Dec 31, 2025
Back to Hugo and Cloudflare Pages Dec 27, 2025
I'm the so-so programmer Dec 20, 2025
Molly Graham's "Disagree and Let's See" is so much better Dec 10, 2025
Job postings and "years of experience" requirements Dec 5, 2025
Share your professional failures Dec 3, 2025
I truly suck at interviewing Nov 25, 2025
Resume Jul 14, 2025
A full stack side project webapp all in Kotlin (KotlinConf 2025) Jul 4, 2025
If you're struggling with interviews, there's a decent chance that it's not you Jul 2, 2025
Unemployment is a chance to recharge May 16, 2025
When hiring managers take a chance May 9, 2025
You don't have to know everything May 9, 2025
About that technical interview Apr 19, 2025
Four day work weeks please Apr 6, 2025
Why you should federate your Threads account Jul 2, 2024
From IC to EM – A guide to stepping into the weird, wild world of management (Women Who Code Mobile 2022) Sep 30, 2022
How I do photo backups in 2021 Apr 6, 2021
Writing and invariably getting shit on Feb 24, 2021
Ktor for Mobile Developers — Fear the server no more! (KotlinConf 2019) Dec 16, 2019
Calm is key — A guide to a happier, more productive workplace (DroidconNYC 2019) Sep 29, 2019
A Kotlin Journey (Kotlin Everywhere Chicago 2019) Aug 24, 2019
The future of our community is YOU! (Droidcon NYC 2018 Keynote) Oct 17, 2018
The Bezos way — sleep, puttering, and three high-quality decisions a day Oct 16, 2018
Android KTX — A Dash of Kotlin Makes All the Difference! (KotlinConf 2018) Oct 4, 2018
The future of the Android community is YOU (Chicago Roboto 2018) Sep 7, 2018
Hate your job? Happier times are within your grasp Jan 10, 2018
Getting to 100% Kotlin — A practical guide (Droidcon NYC 2017, Android Summit 2017) Oct 31, 2017
Programming languages aren’t a zero sum game Jul 8, 2017
Your struggles can inspire others Jul 1, 2017
Kotlin — It’s the little things Jun 17, 2017
Kotlin makes me a happier (better) programmer Jun 10, 2017
Can’t crack that programming problem? Go to sleep or take a walk Mar 22, 2017
Get to the point Mar 10, 2017
A few tips to avoid the never ending comment thread Dec 21, 2016
Don’t overlook the quiet voices and contributions Dec 3, 2016
A shining example of how to teach Nov 12, 2016
Your ideas are important — share them with the community Sep 20, 2016
It’s OK to be pragmatic Aug 27, 2016
Silicon Valley arrogance — “I can tell you which startups will succeed, without even knowing what they do” Aug 5, 2016
Life as an impatient programmer Jul 30, 2016
The most helpful thing you can say to a teammate — “It’s your call” Jul 2, 2016
How I became and stayed a successful programmer Jun 25, 2016
I went on vacation and a funny thing happened — I didn’t do any work Jun 18, 2016
Some of my favorite Kotlin features May 28, 2016
“Eat, sleep, code, repeat” is such bullshit May 21, 2016
How I fell in love with a programming language May 14, 2016
Admire someone? Write them an email, you might be surprised May 7, 2016
I'm a boring programmer (and proud of it) Apr 2, 2016
Writing software is easy Mar 7, 2016
I quit Facebook Aug 14, 2014
I finally figured out budgeting Feb 7, 2014
How people learn Mar 29, 2013
Change and happiness Feb 28, 2013