Writing.

Essays on taste, technology, and the repricing of creative labor.

2026 · Apr 16
The Portable Aesthetic
Seven years ago I argued that technical craft would be overtaken by taste. The labor market is conceding the point.
22 min read
2026 · Apr 10
Rome Is Burning
Three fires in one week. A Molotov cocktail at Sam Altman's mansion, an arson at a toilet paper factory, a mall ablaze. The common thread is not crime. It's what happens when you replace human judgment with spreadsheets.
7 min read
2026 · Mar 28
Your Clean Desk Is Why You're Not Getting Promoted
A blunt case against performative desk setups and for output-focused workspaces, keyboard investment, and the 3-item daily list.
6 min read
2026 · Mar 16
Technocratic Decadence Thesis
Western tech is decaying because leadership has been decoupled from competence, replacing builders with spreadsheet theater and image management.
5 min read
2026 · Mar 03
I’m Rooting for AI to Blow Up in Everyone’s Face
A blunt take on AI hype, false equivalence around expertise, and why human messiness is worth defending.
7 min read
2026 · Feb 13
Hundreds of American Express Employees Reached Out to Me This Week. They're All Saying the Same Thing.
After publishing a video about my experience as an Engineering Director at American Express, hundreds of current and former employees reached out confirming the same offshoring playbook.
6 min read
2026 · Jan 30
nobody cares how much you use AI when coding and we should stop pretending
and learn to mind our own business.
2 min read
2026 · Jan 29
Amazon’s insane plot to lay off 30,000 American workers and hire 3 million in India
Amazon's latest push to lay off 30,000 American workers while hiring 3 million in India. The pattern is undeniable.
1 min read
2026 · Jan 18
Free Tool: Manager or IC? The Eternal Question
Fork in the road
1 min read
2026 · Jan 14
You Can Hurt Me But You Can’t Gurt Me
In a world of AI scrapers and digital ghosts, having a body is becoming our greatest asset.
5 min read
2026 · Jan 11
The Single Best Optimization You Can Make In 2026
The single biggest optimization you can make in 2026 has nothing to do with AI, productivity apps, or hustle culture.
10 min read
2026 · Jan 08
GET GOOD OR GET OUT
I spent an evening going through the top posts on Reddit’s r/CSCareerQuestions this month. The whining is off the charts. Here’s what I found and why most of
6 min read
2026 · Jan 05
I need 3 people for something new
I’m going to try something different. For the past few months, I’ve been talking about tech careers, layoffs, navigating the chaos of this industry: on
3 min read
2026 · Jan 05
Most Candidates Don’t Fail System Design Interviews Because They Can’t Design Systems
They fail because they’re performing instead of problem solving. I’ve run hundreds of system design interviews across American Express, Anduril, and Shopify.
6 min read
2026 · Jan 01
Stop Chasing Happiness at Work. You’re Not a Child.
I keep seeing tech professionals online talking about optimizing for “happiness” at their jobs. One guy on Reddit proudly announced he quit using AI tools
2 min read
2025 · Dec 31
COMPVTER EXTREMISM: Installing Windows 98 on DOSBox-X (M-chip Mac)
A quick guide to running Windows 98 SE on your Apple Silicon Mac using DOSBox-X.
2 min read
2025 · Dec 28
Writing Like Socrates Didn't
A response to the AI allegations against my writing.
5 min read
2025 · Dec 27
Nvidia Just Paid $20 Billion for a Company That Missed Its Revenue Target by 75%
Panic buying, plain and simple. If anything indicates that this AI bubble is about to pop, it’s this.
21 min read
2025 · Dec 23
Get In Loser: We're Exposing the AI Bubble
It’s a bubble. Everyone with basic observational skills can see it.
12 min read
2025 · Dec 14
Easymode Public Speaking: The Technique Nobody is Talking About
Simpler and more effective than any other technique.
8 min read
2025 · Dec 13
Christmas Gifts for Neurodivergent People
Neurodivergent or otherwise.
4 min read
2025 · Dec 12
How to Make One Million Dollars a Year as a Software Engineer as Fast as Possible
A step-by-step guide.
6 min read
2025 · Dec 08
The Best Way to Use LinkedIn is to Not Use It at All
The ROI of LinkedIn for depth-first creators is zero. Every minute spent there makes you one minute dumber.
4 min read
2025 · Nov 27
The Optics-Driven Workplace and the Death of Competence
“I’m a Timestamp Man” Every company has at least one dude and sometimes a whole gaggle of them who manages by the clock. He doesn’t read your code, doesn’t
7 min read
2025 · Nov 23
The Everything is Everything Era
I feel beige. Do you feel beige?
5 min read
2025 · Oct 20
How to Become a Gigacracked Engineer: A Guide
What experience taught me that textbooks never could
7 min read
2025 · Oct 10
How Neurodivergent Brains Build Better Systems
A former manager once described me as a “purist”. It wasn’t the first time a colleague alluded to my obsessive way of thinking but it was the first time
9 min read
2025 · Oct 03
Office Survival Gear for the Neurodivergent Tech Worker
Traditional offices can be massively overstimulating if you’re neurodivergent, unless you have the right gear. I wore glasses for decades until I got my eyes
6 min read
2025 · Oct 02
The Making of Autism Simulator: 60,000 Visitors in 12 Hours
How I built Autism Simulator as a passion project and got 60,000 visitors in 12 hours.
7 min read
2025 · Sep 29
Why Everything Feels Broken and the Filmmaker Who Predicted It
The world feels chaotic and truth has become malleable. One filmmaker predicted all of it decades ago.
5 min read
2025 · Sep 22
I went to church on Sunday
Rain or shine.
5 min read
2025 · Sep 07
Marshall McLuhan and Vim
We are the sex organs of the machines...
6 min read
2025 · Aug 30
The Introvert's Guide: Surviving a Networking Event
A simple protocol to network like an extrovert.
3 min read
2025 · Aug 28
What Does a Software Engineering Director Do All Day
The job of an engineering director has always been somewhat opaque to me. I'm relieved to find that no golfing is involved.
5 min read
2025 · Aug 25
I No Longer Do Emails
The written word remains supreme but it's changing.
3 min read
2025 · Aug 24
Forgetting is a Gift: How to Change the Past and Burn Your To-Do List
In a world where technology excels at preserving every detail, what if forgetting is your greatest asset?
4 min read
2025 · Aug 17
Energy Management for Introverts and Extroverts
A brutal, tactical manual for people who’d rather be left alone but still want to win.
5 min read
2025 · Aug 13
Everyone is on Fire
Burning and being uncompromising in a mild and convenient world.
7 min read
2025 · Aug 10
Don't Write a Book: The Lesson at the Heart of Ex Nihilo
Have you ever been curious about what lies behind the pages? It's far more arcane than it seems.
12 min read
2025 · Aug 04
It Began as a Mistake: Living Between the Walls
Most people fake normal and call it discipline. I faked normal, got sick of it, and wrote this instead.
9 min read
2025 · Aug 03
The Zero-Sum Game
Paying the cost to be the boss.
4 min read

Letter

A letter when there is something to say.

Writing.

The Portable Aesthetic

Rome Is Burning

Your Clean Desk Is Why You're Not Getting Promoted

Technocratic Decadence Thesis

I’m Rooting for AI to Blow Up in Everyone’s Face

Hundreds of American Express Employees Reached Out to Me This Week. They're All Saying the Same Thing.

nobody cares how much you use AI when coding and we should stop pretending

Amazon’s insane plot to lay off 30,000 American workers and hire 3 million in India

Free Tool: Manager or IC? The Eternal Question

You Can Hurt Me But You Can’t Gurt Me

The Single Best Optimization You Can Make In 2026

GET GOOD OR GET OUT

I need 3 people for something new

Most Candidates Don’t Fail System Design Interviews Because They Can’t Design Systems

Stop Chasing Happiness at Work. You’re Not a Child.

COMPVTER EXTREMISM: Installing Windows 98 on DOSBox-X (M-chip Mac)

Writing Like Socrates Didn't

Nvidia Just Paid $20 Billion for a Company That Missed Its Revenue Target by 75%

Get In Loser: We're Exposing the AI Bubble

Easymode Public Speaking: The Technique Nobody is Talking About

Christmas Gifts for Neurodivergent People

How to Make One Million Dollars a Year as a Software Engineer as Fast as Possible

The Best Way to Use LinkedIn is to Not Use It at All

The Optics-Driven Workplace and the Death of Competence

The Everything is Everything Era

How to Become a Gigacracked Engineer: A Guide

How Neurodivergent Brains Build Better Systems

Office Survival Gear for the Neurodivergent Tech Worker

The Making of Autism Simulator: 60,000 Visitors in 12 Hours

Why Everything Feels Broken and the Filmmaker Who Predicted It

I went to church on Sunday

Marshall McLuhan and Vim

The Introvert's Guide: Surviving a Networking Event

What Does a Software Engineering Director Do All Day

I No Longer Do Emails

Forgetting is a Gift: How to Change the Past and Burn Your To-Do List

Energy Management for Introverts and Extroverts

Everyone is on Fire

Don't Write a Book: The Lesson at the Heart of Ex Nihilo

It Began as a Mistake: Living Between the Walls

The Zero-Sum Game