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Vibecoding my personal site into the 512KB Club
How I used Cursor, ChatGPT, and some trial-and-error to optimize my Next.js personal website from 600KB to 493KB to join the 512KB Club.
6 Paid Tools I Use as a Software Engineering Manager in Summer 2025
A breakdown of 6 essential paid tools ($86/month total) that help me be more effective as a software engineering manager, from AI coding assistants to meeting transcription and diagramming tools.
Overconfident at Scale: Gen AI and the Illusion of Expertise
How generative AI amplifies the Dunning-Kruger effect by giving people surface-level expertise, and three practical methods to combat overconfidence: Five Whys questioning, Socratic processes, and honest uncertainty.