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Coffee chats: getting to know an organisation

Randomized coffee chats between employees can help make everything a little easier. It makes collaboration easier if you know each other, even if the…

Feb 6 •

Caching and news sites

News sites have two main traffic patterns: day-to-day patterns, and breaking news patterns. Caches play a big role in both, but the behaviour needed is…

Oct 31, 2024 •

My guidelines for AI-assisted coding

Since AI-generated code is finding its way into production codebases, I thought it’d be good to summarise some guidelines I recommend to avoid pitfalls.

Oct 28, 2024 •

Why I prefer unconferences to conferences

I recently ran another unconference. To summarize the format: organized group discussions amongst the audience, on topics selected by the audience…

Aug 25, 2024 •

Writing TypeScript without worrying about JavaScript

TypeScript's type system is very powerful. To make it compatible with the previously untyped code in JavaScript, there had to be a lot of tools for…

May 5, 2024 •

Public speaking as a shy introvert

Despite being quite social, I’m a shy introvert at heart. But I’ve given quite a few talks, to both smaller meetups and larger conferences. It was nerve…

Apr 28, 2024 •

Mainstream languages I would use in production, in 2024

I’m a big programming language enthusiast, and the design of languages. More than just the design, I’m also passionate about being pragmatic and getting…

Apr 11, 2024 •

Open sourcing work experiments and libraries

Two common questions I get are "how can I open source a library or code I’ve worked on", and "why should I open source a small bit of code I did"? This…

Mar 25, 2024 •

Announcing maintenance, and avoiding clock confusion

I'll see you at 12! At 12am, 12pm, 00:00, or 24:00? Tomorrow or today?

Mar 13, 2024 •

Development devices for software engineers I like, in 2024

What would I use everyday for software development? It's pretty much always a Chromebook!

Mar 11, 2024 •

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