Trust signals are broken
AI makes code cheap to produce and expensive to trust. When polish no longer implies understanding, verification becomes the only reliable signal.
Pedro Tavares (ordep.dev)
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Year in books
I read a lot this year. Honestly, it was my best year for reading so far with 31 books in total. The big shift for me was actually diving into fiction, which isn't something I usually do.
Trust is everything
Trust holds everything together. It's the invisible foundation of every relationship, team, and system we depend on... but it's fragile.
Surviving Long-Running Projects
Some projects run in silence for months. Status reports aren't enough. Real momentum comes from small wins, demos, and milestones that show your team is moving forward.
When more threads make things worse
Optimistic locking retries under contention can cause livelocks: threads appear to work, but their efforts repeatedly block each other.
More People ≠ Faster Delivery
Adding more developers rarely speeds up a project. Sequential work, dependencies, and coordination overhead set hard limits on how fast software can really be delivered.
On the Edge of Competence
Understanding and maintaining your circle of competence is crucial for software engineers. This post explores how self-awareness, continuous learning, and avoiding overconfidence lead to sharper decisions and greater impact.
Writing Code Was Never The Bottleneck
LLMs make it easier to write code, but understanding, reviewing, and maintaining it still takes time, trust, and good judgment.
Writing More Often
A few practical ways I’m trying to write more often, based on habit-building, lowered expectations, and doing something every day. A follow-up on why I want to write more (again).
Why I Want to Write (Again)
Writing is a skill. Start small, write often, share what you know, and let your posts become useful pointers, for others and for future you.