Vibe coding made less terrifying
It's been a long time since I've felt I like I was hanging on every word of a book. I was so done reading about AI. Then I saw that IT Revolution was publishing a new book: Vibe Coding: Building Produ...
Posts tagged with learning
Developer's checklists
Posted just now about writer’s checklists – so let’s post about the developer’s checklists here too! As a developer, I maintained a checklist of troubleshooting tips. I would have conversations like t...
Where to start
Many of my blog posts start as a response to something I see online. I start typing away in a comment box, and I soon realize either: Or both. Today, definitely both. Someone in the LeadDev community ...
Language learning
My Romanian coworkers were impressed when I started learning Romanian. I’d say “bună” (hello), complete with the ă, and they’d be shocked by even this basic effort. What confused me, though: several o...
Lessons from Uncle Sidney
Uncle Sidney was notorious. I think even he’d agree to that. He might indeed be someone’s uncle, but he isn’t my uncle or the uncle of anyone I know. He was the main instructor for one of the programm...
The dangers of "who" and "why": post-incident reviews
Five valuable lessons, including one that really threw me for a loop when I read it.