2021.12.287 min read
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
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Thoughts on engineering leadership, distributed systems, architecture, and the craft of building software.
2021.12.067 min read
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
cloud
2021.11.187 min read
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
bookspersonal
2021.10.316 min read
Facebook Becomes Meta: Visionary or Desperate?
Mark Zuckerberg just renamed his company and bet everything on the metaverse, and I have questions
personal
2021.09.086 min read
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
nostalgiapersonal
2021.07.236 min read
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
personal
2021.06.186 min read
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
nostalgiapersonal
2021.05.126 min read
Writing a Book About Cloud Engineering
I am writing Mastering Cloud Engineering, and the process is teaching me as much as the content itself
bookscareer
2021.03.146 min read
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
personal
2021.01.156 min read
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
ai