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Rodents of Unusual Size? I don't believe they exist. There’s endless discourse around tech debt. Kellan has some really good categorizations of different types, Will Larson has a great explainer of organization debt in his book, and I also like the idea of product debt. Throughout my career, I’ve been an engineer complaining about tech debt, a manager prioritizing (and deprioritizing) addressing tech debt, and a product manager, where I assume I primarily inspire the creation of new tech debt.

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Whether you love it or hate it, there is no shortage of opinion on Liquid Glass. I have thoughts about what it is, but today I want to focus on why it exists. Apple’s public rationale for the new design language is that it offers a universal solution across platforms that takes advantage of recent […]

Cross-Site Request Forgery countermeasures can be greatly simplified using request metadata provided by modern browsers.

Releases after releases PostgreSQL is better and better on table partitioning, if you do run a version12 or 13 today you must have a look…

The red spikes in the graph signify anomalies, with the dips in the top left indicating a significant decline in transaction rates, and the spike on the top left representing a substantial increase in latency.Rearchitecting a database online can be both challenging and exciting. In the weeks leading up to the conversion, I experienced a persistent shoulder cramp, likely due to the stress of the impending process. One of the primary concerns was not only the conversion itself but also the potenti

What better way to experience Sleeping Bear Dunes than rolling on two wheels through a forest canopy of hardwoods and scenic lake views? Although bikes aren’t permitted on the park’s […]

Why the banks really hate fintechs that allow businesses to learn your account number easily.

There is more than one way to dice an onion…

August 3, 2025 · 6 min read

GoLand 2025.2 introduces updates for working with HTTP servers, smarter inspections powered by data flow analysis (DFA), and a new non-blocking Welcome screen. This release also brings significant qua

Explore how you can set Copilot coding agent up for success with custom instruction and Copilot setup steps.

Some of my attempts to make agents work better that just didn’t work.

Neat tip from Danny Roy Greenfeld: Python 3.11 added a .add_note(message: str) method to the BaseException class, which means you can add one or more extra notes to any Python …