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[38;2;132;198;163mUnlearn faster[0m
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[38;2;155;166;160m2026-03-03 · 1 min read[0m
When I started engineering seriously, I carried a lot of "correct" patterns in my head.

[38;2;132;198;163mVibe-engineering an OpenAPI compatible API authoring tool[0m
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[38;2;155;166;160m2026-02-08 · 7 min read[0m
As an engineering lead, I spent most of my time architecting systems, writing issues, and translating business requirements into clean technical requirements which…

[38;2;132;198;163mYour website has a carbon footprint too.[0m
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[38;2;155;166;160m2025-06-01 · 3 min read[0m
Every page load burns electricity — servers, networks, your user's device. That electricity usually comes from fossil fuels. An average webpage generates ~0.5g of CO2…

[38;2;132;198;163mYour users aren't IP addresses.[0m
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[38;2;155;166;160m2025-03-11 · 3 min read[0m
Let’s get this out of the way first:

[38;2;132;198;163mDon't be a ticket engineer.[0m
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[38;2;155;166;160m2025-01-19 · 5 min read[0m
Imagine one day, you’re scrolling through your Jira tickets, and the latest ones are marked as resolved by AI. Why wouldn’t it be? If it had access to the code,…

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