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Thoughts on engineering leadership, distributed systems, architecture, and the craft of building software.
192 essays and counting
The Flip Phone Revival: Galaxy Z Flip and Nostalgia Engineering
Samsung's Galaxy Z Flip3 brought the flip phone back from the dead, and using it feels like a conversation between past and future
re:Invent 2021: AWS and the $71 Billion Run Rate
AWS re:Invent just wrapped, and the numbers tell a story about cloud dominance that the industry cannot ignore
Writing From Strangers to Founders
I am writing a book about the immigrant journey from arriving in America to building a life, and the story is more personal than anything I have published
Facebook Becomes Meta: Visionary or Desperate?
Mark Zuckerberg just renamed his company and bet everything on the metaverse, and I have questions
The Flagship Phone Rotation: Samsung, Apple, and Pixel
I rotate between Samsung, Apple, and Google flagships every year, and the camera comparisons alone justify the habit
Billionaires in Space
Bezos and Branson went to space within days of each other, and the discourse tells us more about Earth than about orbit
The Tesla Fleet Is Complete
With the Model X, every current Tesla model is in the driveway, and the journey to get here taught me more about obsession than cars
Writing a Book About Cloud Engineering
I am writing Mastering Cloud Engineering, and the process is teaching me as much as the content itself
The NFT Craze: Digital Ownership or Tulips?
Beeple just sold a digital artwork for 69 million dollars, and I genuinely cannot tell if this is revolutionary or insane
AI-Assisted Coding Tools Are Emerging
GitHub Copilot and TabNine hint at a future where AI writes code alongside us, and I am paying close attention