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It's absolutely crazy that August is already here. In my last post , I was trying to figure out how to have more impact as an Engineering Manager. Since then I've been promoted, joined the Senior Leadership Team, helped the Product department navigate a RIF, and had periodontal surgery (SFOT). I got my stitches out two days ago. In just a few more days, I'll turn 40, deliver reviews to my 9…
I am not sure what I became. I have a handful of dear friends ( James , Nate , Aaron ) who became serious engineers. They are excellent picks for Engineer #1 at your startup and have operated at Staff, Principal, etc level before and after the IPO of companies you're familiar with. I have my little bits of notoriety, for my NES emulation work in particular, but for the novelty of doing it in Lisp…
I've been struggling a lot so far this year. I feel stuck professionally but also personally because a lot of my identity has been wrapped up in computers for the past 20 years. It has less to do with where I am than not knowing where I want to go. In addition, I struggle to appreciate my work as a manager and then lack motivation to program or be creative in my off hours. The proliferation of…
My friend Laurette recently asked what 5 records I would play the most if I owned a bar. That is a 10/10 question, the sort of thing I'll happily spend an hour sorting through my record collection to answer ... and so I did. Though I was unable to pick just 5 so I upped the count to 10 and threw in 20 honorable mentions to boot. For the record, my favorite bar has always been H Harper Station. I…
See also: 2024 Reflections , inspired by: insom and manuel Personal 💜 2025 was a largely uneventful year and that was a huge blessing after 2023 and 2024 . To quote Milosz: So that for a short moment there is no death And time does not unreel like a skein of yarn Thrown into an abyss. Mila's constant presence and boundless energy was wonderful. We also made some home improvements, especially…
I didn't get around to doing one of these lists last year. In fairness, the 2023 edition ballooned to 3000+ words and was a bit of an undertaking. I'm still listening to lots of electronic music with some jazz, rap, and indie rock sprinkled in for flavor. I didn't manage to discover much "guitar music" this year but hopefully I'll catch up next time. It was still a great year with album drops from…
I have a proposal: Make me CEO of Mozilla instead of Anthony Enzor-DeMeo. Hear me out. I have absolutely zero experience in an executive capacity and I'm already fucking up less than he is. I know, I know. That sounds harsh. But at least if I was CEO I would start by acknowledging the problems Mozilla is facing: steady 4th place marketshare, a lack of revenue generating ideas, and insufficient…
Intro Some friends encouraged me to write up my system for managing my music collection so here we go. Let's start by going over my goals and hardware: No dependence on cloud services to listen to my music. Be able to listen via laptop, phone, or turntable. Be able to share music with friends easily via Library and Radio . Pay the damn artists. It isn't very relevant but since many people share…
Update: I gave a talk on collards at Town Con 2025 that may be of interest, slides are here . I should've talked more about incremental builds and the CLI logic probably. Will try to write that up soon. It's been months since I managed to write here. It's hard to remember all that's been going on but I have been finding some time for collards hacking again. There have been lots of collards…
I keep getting dragged into conversations around LLMs. Whether profesionally or personally, it seems everyone in the tech periphery is suffused with discussion about them. I thought writing a short note on llms would be enough for me but here we are. (Somehow I've been working on this post for 2 months.) I have personal, technical, social, and ethical objections to LLMs, but I think the more…