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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Writing about infrastructure, open source, and the occasional career reflection.
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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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2026-03-26 - 8 min read
DRY Doesn't Mean What You Think It Means
Most developers learn DRY as 'don't duplicate code.' The original principle is about something deeper: every piece of knowledge should have a single source of truth.
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2026-03-24 - 6 min read
Rebuilding My Site with Astro, Tailwind, and DaisyUI
Why I ditched Hugo after years and rebuilt my personal site from scratch with Astro, Tailwind CSS v4, and DaisyUI v5.
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