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Photo of a statue of a see-saw installed in a park. The riders' sizes are comically different.
impact

Have More Impact by Doing the Right Work

Writing code—no matter how much, how fast, or how challenging—is not the same thing as having impact on a business. As engineers, we're rarely taught how to think about and describe the work we do in terms of its impact or effects. We're left
27 Jan 2025 5 min read
Photo of 3 brown eggs in a carton with faces drawn on. One sad, one disapproving, one in the back laughing.
culture

What do you mean by "bad" software?

(Before I get started, a moment to appreciate this header image and whatever was the genesis of it.) Engineers will often describe software as "bad"—often with words like "terrible" or "shitty." This invective is hurled at languages like PHP and JavaScript, at frameworks
29 Jun 2024 2 min read
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