Interviewing with the eyes of a childI decided to play along when one of my co-workers said her nine year old wanted to be interviewed. Her daughter outperformed most adults.Apr 5Apr 5
The biggest technical mistake I ever made: Encoding data in a stringThey say the two hardest problems in computer science are naming, cache invalidation, and off-by-one errors. I screwed up naming sensors.Jan 171Jan 171
Breaking things down for executives and engineersEngineering presenters often use the wrong level of abstraction when communicating with executives.Jan 16Jan 16
Transitioning from a cog to a VPThe most poignant lessons from my first year at Equinix. Spoiler alert: They revolve around a radical increase in accountability.Dec 22, 2024Dec 22, 2024
You only get one chance to ask everyone to do somethingMost horizontal software programs die because they are organizationally difficult to prioritize and technically hard to execute.May 26, 2024May 26, 2024
How to build a large system diagramYou have a problematic ecosystem and decide to diagram the entire thing. Now you have two problems. These suggestions can help.Feb 5, 2024Feb 5, 2024
