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A collection of technical satire from the trenches of product and high-scale engineering.
How Modern Builders Quietly Rely on AI to Ship Faster
The Dream of Unbreakable CI/CD
That Rare Moment When AI Actually Delivers Exactly What You Meant
DevOps Feels Less Like a Role and More Like a Lifestyle
Deploying on a Friday Night
The Reality of Engineering: Your Degree Teaches 1%, Experience Teaches the Rest
The Micro-Decisions Designers Sweat That Most People Never Notice
The Delivery Paradox: More Features Without More Resources
Founders Gravitate Toward Shiny Objects Instead of the Real Work
The Classic Tradeoff Every Engineering Leader Must Make
The Hidden Risk Behind ‘Perfect’ Open Source Solutions
Product Thinking Never Rarely Switches Off, Even on Vacation
Why Merge Conflicts Always Appear at the Worst Possible Time
When Leadership Underestimates The Real Cost of Rearchitecture
The Invisible Impact of Great Product Teams
Why DevOps and SRE Look Similar From Outside
Why Onboarding Is One of the Hardest Leadership Skills in Tech
Creativity Thrives When The Mind Escapes Process.
The Quiet Pride Engineers Feel When Their Work Reaches Real Users
Infra Buzzwords That Make Every DevOps Lead Smile
The Many Hats Product Managers Wear
Architecture Debates Where Narrative Beats Logic
The Real Power Hierarchy Inside Cloud Teams
Unprioritized Work: The Fastest Way To Destroy Engineering Velocity
The Quiet Wins That Keep Engineering Teams Moving Forward
Code Degrades When Everyone Contributes But No One Owns
Why Architecture Isn’t a Substitute for Understanding the Real Problem
Product Management Quietly Expands Into Multiple Jobs at Once
Sprint Planning: When Work Moves Forward But Progress Doesn’t
Why Merged Never Means Done In Real Engineering Work
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