How to Review a 1,000+ File PR Without Losing Your Mind
The scariest part of a 1,186-file PR is how quickly 15% coverage can start to feel like a thorough review.
At NVIDIA, “Senior Software Engineer” can mean three different levels
NVIDIA’s career ladder isn’t linear, and it’s pretty hard to make sense of from the outside. I did some digging and asked around, so you don’t have to.
Chris Davidson, Atlassian: “Ask AI to challenge you”
As a Solutions Engineer at Atlassian, Chris Davidson works with clients in an effort to make the most of Atlassian's tools and has first-hand experience of how we adapt to using AI.
I Talk to Production Every Morning. It Talks Back.
A lot of people are leaving software engineering because agent-based workflows killed their joy. I don't have that problem; I never liked the job in the first place.
Two years later, I know what I got wrong about typed domain errors and what I’d keep
This is a personal engineering essay, not a blueprint. I don’t know what the perfect service architecture looks like, and I won’t pretend I do. I’m not trying to sell this approach, I just want to share what I learned, in case it helps someone else avoid a few wrong turns.
Why Early Releases Often Fail in Multi-Team Organizations
It all starts with one simple question from the business side: "Can we ship this early?"
Netflix Engineering Levels Explained: L3 to L7 Career Ladder, Scope, and Pay
Want to become a Netflix software engineer? Here’s an overview of Netflix’s engineering career ladder, from entry-level L3 to Software Engineer L7.
How 5,000 RPS Exposed the Real Bottleneck in Our Jetty Messaging Service
We started with a simple question: how much traffic can the service really handle? The answer was in understanding the system’s real limits.
Todoist Founder: Developers Should Focus on Solving Customer Problems
I spoke with Todoist founder and CEO Amir Salihefendic about where developers and founders can find opportunities and what they should focus on next.
The Real Problem in Voice AI Is Latency
Voice AI may be sold as a model problem, but the real bottleneck is whether the system can survive real-time demands, stay reliable, and do it at a cost that makes sense.
Make Honesty Less Risky Than Silence for Your Engineering Team
Your team may already know the risk. The question is whether they feel safe saying it.
How We Catch Messaging Campaign Drift Before It Spreads
Over time, the content a messaging campaign sends can shift away from what was originally approved. We call this campaign drift, and in business messaging, it's a real and recurring problem.