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Writing on building things that hold.

Long-form thinking on architecture, distributed systems, and the discipline behind production software. What I share when I sit down to write rather than ship.

3 pieces

May 26, 20267 min read
Breaking Into AI Engineering: What a Backend Engineer Actually Needs to Learn (and What to Skip)
Half the 'how to become an AI engineer' advice tells you to start with linear algebra. After years on backend, here's the honest, narrower path — what to learn, what to skip, and what the job actually looks like in 2026.
- #career
- #ai
- #backend
- #learning
- #engineering-leadership
May 25, 20268 min read
Staying Senior in the AI Era: What Career Growth Looks Like When the Junior Tasks Are Automated
If a junior can ship a feature in a day with Claude Code, what's the senior engineer actually for? The skills that get you promoted in 2026 — and the ones that quietly stopped counting.
- #career
- #ai
- #engineering-leadership
- #agents
May 24, 20268 min read
Vibe Coding Has a Ceiling: Why Taste Matters More Than Ever
Anyone with Cursor and an afternoon can ship a prototype. The gap between that and a production system isn't speed — it's the judgment to know what's actually right. The case for taste as the 2026 differentiator.
- #career
- #ai
- #agents
- #engineering-leadership
- #craft

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Breaking Into AI Engineering: What a Backend Engineer Actually Needs to Learn (and What to Skip)

Staying Senior in the AI Era: What Career Growth Looks Like When the Junior Tasks Are Automated

Vibe Coding Has a Ceiling: Why Taste Matters More Than Ever

Breaking Into AI Engineering: What a Backend Engineer Actually Needs to Learn (and What to Skip)

Staying Senior in the AI Era: What Career Growth Looks Like When the Junior Tasks Are Automated

Vibe Coding Has a Ceiling: Why Taste Matters More Than Ever