Writing
Notes worth keeping
These start on LinkedIn, where they get argued with in the comments. The ones that survive live here, so they do not vanish when the feed moves on.
Engineering
Seniority is depth, not tools
Most senior engineers I interview would fail a fundamentals test. Not because they are weak, but because the industry paid for fluency instead of depth.
ReadCareer
Everyone said Abu Dhabi was crazy
I left a stable life for a room where nothing could be implicit. Those first three months taught me more than any course I have paid for.
ReadMindset
Stability is the quiet risk
Comfort looks like safety until the market moves. Growth and ease rarely share a room for long.
ReadSystems
TTL and a prayer is not a strategy
Cache invalidation is still one of the two hard problems. Five patterns I actually use, and the traps I refuse to fall into again.
ReadSystems
The database did not run out of CPU
10,000 requests per second on paper. Two hundred concurrent requests and everything locked. The leak was connections.
ReadLive
The rest is on LinkedIn
New writing ships there first, every week, in front of 33,449 people who are not shy about disagreeing.
Open LinkedInAlso
If reading is not your thing
Mentorship
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LinkedIn, MVPs, AI-first
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I write for others too
For founders and executives whose work is far ahead of their reputation. In their voice, on LinkedIn only.
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