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6 articles from May 2026 · show all
Relentlessly focus on the outcomes
AI makes it easy to focus inwards and feel impressed with all the churn and motion and output you're producing. But your users don't care.
Engineering levels aren't about skill anymore
Traditional engineering levels were about skill progression. I think this has changed. Everyone now is a mini staff engineer.
Just fix their PR
You know what's better than a code review comment? A fix.
"But if AI does it all, what's *my* job?"
On AI, mental load, and delegation
What you need to make an agent
I've been digging into agents for internal tooling and processes. Looking for how to scale without drowning in manual work. Here's what I found
Quick note on evals and putting AI in your resume
When candidates put AI on their resume, the key thing I try to find out is whether they used evals. How did you measure making improvements?