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Ask most companies how AI is going and you'll get a usage number back. Seats filled, tokens burned, percentage of engineers active in the tool, PRs opened. Those are all real numbers. What they don't tell you is whether any customer ended up better off. That's the gap I want to talk about. If you're going to incentivize AI use, the thing worth incentivizing is a better outcome for the customer.…
We live in a world where constant connectivity has become the norm. Slack notifications, email pings, and calendar invites seem to multiply overnight.
Overview When building a data model for PostgreSQL, you're more than likely to have foreign keys to define relationships between tables. When you have those foreign keys, one quick way to optimize your queries and allow them to be significantly faster is to index on those foreign key references.
Weekly updates are a way to advocate for your work, track your growth, and surface impact that may otherwise go unnoticed.
A step-by-step guide to creating an effective technical project plan
Imposter Syndrome is common in the world of software. I've experienced it over the years and have spoken to many that have felt the same way.
There has been a growing interest in a 4-day work week. This goes against what has been "normal" since the industrial age.
These five books enabled me to establish a morning routine, meditation & exercise habits, improve my relationships, and improve my finances.
Am I truly OOO and on vacation? If you’re still thinking about work, then the office has just moved from the physical to living in your head.
Gradle has recently released a feature called Composite Builds that we use to compose multiple projects.