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A few months ago, a friend asked me to review her résumé. She had submitted more than 300 job applications and was barely getting any responses. I knew her work. She s thoughtful, highly capable, and exactly the kind of engineer I d jump at the chance to hire. So when she told me she wasn t getting [ ]
I thought AI was going to make me more productive. Maybe even give me some of my time back. That was the plan 😅 It didn’t quite work out that way. Instead, it made it a lot harder to ignore where things were actually broken. If I’m being honest, the signs were already there. Over [ ]
I wasn’t excited about Jetpack Compose. There. I said it. When it first came out, it felt like Flutter in a different outfit. Kotlin instead of Dart. Same declarative energy. And look, I didn’t have anything against Flutter. Once you get comfortable with it you can build a solid multiplatform app. I just didn’t feel [ ]
The author describes a shift from organizing knowledge in complex systems to preserving decision-making processes through a two-part system: OneNote for a chronological decision log and OneDrive as a functional execution engine. This approach enhances decision-making clarity and efficiency, allowing for AI integration to identify patterns and context over time, ultimately improving leadership…
This year at Ford stretched me, humbled me, and—thanks to AI—occasionally saved me from myself. Ford is the largest organization I’ve ever worked in. Leading at enterprise scale requires patience, clarity, and a sense of humor. Preferably all at once. Some days I brought all three. Other days, I brought coffee ☕ and a prayer [ ]
Android continues to expand beyond phones into cars, wearables, and more, now reaching over billions of screens. Google I/O 2025 introduced key updates focused on making experiences adaptive across devices and integrating advanced AI capabilities. These advancements are particularly relevant to how executives should think about future work. Here s a look at my key highlights from [ ]
This series is dedicated to the little things in programming that make you want to bang your head against the wall. Today s post is about: when you didn t read the manual. Attempting to load an image Loading an image with Jetpack Compose is straightforward. Since I use the Coil image loading library when developing apps [ ]
When you re at the top, getting direct feedback gets tougher, and figuring out how to improve becomes a bit of a puzzle. This talk is your guide to cracking that puzzle and making leadership growth less of a mystery and more of an adventure! In this talk, we dive into: Resources: Recordings None yet
This series is dedicated to the little things in programming that make you want to bang your head against the wall. Today s post is about: persistent pop-ups. The pop-up I was working on a sample app using Jetpack Compose. And for the most part, the Compose Preview was all I needed. However, I was testing [ ]
This series is dedicated to the little things in programming that make you want to bang your head against the wall. Today s post is about: confusing error messages. The code I added a navigation icon to an app bar using Jetpack Compose. Initially, the icon was a Material one. The code looked like this: Everything [ ]