Creation Is Art, Debugging Is Science
Why models are so much better at finding your bug than designing your system.
Opinion
Copilot Is Training Wheels You Should Eventually Remove
Useful while you are learning, and worth putting down once you have.
Comments Should Explain Why, Not What
Nobody has ever needed a comment narrating the line directly underneath it.
Code Review Is About the Team, Not the Code
Reviews are for sharing what you know, not for scoring points on style.
Code Ownership Is an Anti-Pattern
Why ‘my code’ is a phrase that should worry you and everyone around you.
Channel Your Drama Into Entertainment
Drama belongs on a stage, deliberately, and not in the middle of your day.
Burnout Is Not a Badge of Honour
Working yourself into the ground is not dedication, it is bad planning.
Build Momentum Before You Need It
Momentum is easier to maintain than it ever is to create from scratch.
Always Be Refactoring
Why the big rewrite never actually happens, and what to do instead.
AI Won't Replace Developers, But It Will Replace Developers Who Don't Use AI
The tooling is not coming for your job, but the people using it might be.
Stone Soup Programming
Put a rock in some water and ask if anyone fancies adding a carrot.
How to Make Time
How I actually structure a day around a big family and too many projects.