2026-05-11 - 11 min read
In Praise of Inefficiency
Resilient systems need inefficiency built in. Seedlings, deadlifts, and what happens to engineers who never learn to struggle.
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Chuck McAndrew
Director of Infrastructure Engineering
I build resilient cloud-native systems, lead engineering teams, and contribute to open source. Currently at OpenTeams. Based in Granada, Spain.
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2026-04-15 - 11 min read
The Centaur Model: Why the Best AI Work Is Still Partnership
The best use of AI isn't vibe coding or refusing the tool. It's pair programming in the deepest sense, where both parties bring something the other can't.
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2026-04-06 - 9 min read
Threat Modeling for Software Developers
Security has a baseline that everyone should meet. Above that, the right level of security depends on your threat model, and that's a business decision, not a technical one.
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May 2025 - Present
Director of Infrastructure Engineering
OpenTeams
Sep 2023 - Jun 2025
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Quansight
Mar 2022 - Sep 2023
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