Software Architecture

3 articles from July 2024 · show all

DRY – the common source of bad abstractions

July 18, 2024

Swizec reveals the hidden pitfalls of overusing the DRY principle in coding, leading to bad abstractions. Discover how to write adaptable, efficient code that avoids these common traps.

Scaling Fast, my talk on lessons from tech startups

July 9, 2024

This talk from C3Fest summarizes the key lessons I've learned in the past ~15 years of working in tech startups. It's a high level overview of a new book I'm writing (60% done).

You can't side-quest a product

July 3, 2024

Here's a trap that talented engineers fall into all the time. It creates frustration, burnout, and the genre of tweets that read like "Why don't people care about the amazing work I'm doing".