Talent, Tokens, Togetherness
Small focused teams that work together with AI will dominate the modern software era
Trevor Orsztynowicz
Building digital products, teams, and technology. Thoughts on software engineering, management, and product development.
Latest posts
Latency imposes a Tax on Velocity
The hidden cost of a slow feedback loop isn't the delay. It's everything you fail to learn while you're waiting.
Software Cognitive Terminal Velocity
What happens when the speed of AI agent development reaches the maximum limit of human understanding
Optimize your Hiring Funnel
Measure and improve your engineering hiring process for better outcomes
How to Balance Technical Debt
Use quality metrics and work ratios to balance engineering and product priorities
Service Bubbles
Interactive widgets as a new primitive for conversational interfaces
SSH Authentication with Github Teams
Use GitHub Teams to manage SSH access with AuthorizedKeysCommand
Simpler Event Tracking
Using data attributes to simplify event tracking in Google Analytics
Monitoring the Modern Web
Why traditional page load metrics fail for single-page apps and AJAX-heavy applications
Git Shell Prompt
See if you're in a git repo when working on the command line
Retooling the Web
Single-page apps and APIs are changing how we're building the web
Generating IDs in Unix
It's easy to generate unique IDs in Unix using several tools
What's your timezone?
Stop asking your users for their timezone. Use per device timezone settings & Javascript instead.
Tell Me I'm Pretty
Make better decisions by understanding confirmation bias
Getting Started With Manta
A new approach to object storage & compute - learn how to use Manta for efficient object storage with built-in compute capabilities
In Defense of the Intrapreneur
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How to do Prototype Validation in Javascript
Simple method for validating JavaScript objects before database operations
How to learn Node.js from Scratch
Best resources and tutorials for learning server-side JavaScript with Node.js
Layerboom Acquired by Joyent!
Announcing the acquisition of my cloud computing startup by Joyent
The Dangers of Building on Somebody Else's Platform
Why platform companies cannibalize successful ecosystem features
Hosting Apocalypse
How cloud giants will disrupt traditional hosting through massive scale and pricing
Function as a Service
Early prediction of serverless computing and specialized cloud services
The Lego Theory
Finding things when you stop looking for them - a childhood observation
Grid Computing Efficiency
Improving datacenter efficiency by following solar power and creating compute markets
Scripts and Micropayments
How alternative currencies and scrips enable efficient micropayment systems
Open Virtual Machine Format
How OVF creates an open standard for virtual machine portability
Search Swap
Why the search bar should be more prominent than the address bar
The Semantic Stack
Core technologies powering the semantic web - RDF, SPARQL, OWL, XMPP, and OpenID
Pull to Push - RSS to XMPP
Converting RSS polling to real-time push notifications using XMPP