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Wednesday Wisdom — 82 episodes
Know thyself
Security is not just a feeling
How to start a remote SRE team
On writing interview feedback
A possible future of software engineering
A tiny history of software engineering
Coding with AI tools is still hard
The whooshing sound of deadlines
The anxiety factory
Does code review still matter?
Ten things not to worry about regarding oncall
Shiny object syndrome
Big machine people
How to become a better engineer? (bot)
How to become a better engineer? (human)
Coming to terms with my unimportance
Exit Plan
Standard Response
The cost of efficiency
The one about coding with AI tools
The gift of post-career
Losing the secret sense
Taylor Swift and the value of time
Short: Seniority is a mindset
Math and you
How to become a TL 101
Welcome to the problem fractal
Parameters for Success
The gift of nice
Why do good people write bad software?
Misinterpreting SRE
Stress!
TG Special: A reader question
Respect what came before
The gift of Modesty
More things I learned running a small business
Things I learned running a small business (part 1)
Unhappy the team that needs heroes
Form without function
Leave a sinking ship in time
Show, don't tell!
Security is temporary, adaptability is forever
Coding in the time of AI
Be a Player of Games
Scale is the only problem left
Consider this: You might be wrong
Know thy tools!
All communication is strategic
The burden(s) of ownership
Keeping it real
Appreciate your IT support!
Candidates: Please prepare
Getting Stuff Done
Taming the monkey brain
The unfortunate desire for certainty
You can read this!
Ramping up is hard to do
The blackbox engineer
The swamp and the city
Overcoming a slump
The gift of leaving
The gift of time
Pressure makes diamonds
Nobody escapes corporate gravity (part 3)
Nobody escapes corporate gravity #2
Nobody Escapes Corporate Gravity (part 1)
Senior engineers: Please prepare for interviews!
Chaos is the price of freedom
Talk is Cheap
It's a knowledge problem (or is it)
The job market is a market
No more shell scripts!
Career choices: What to focus on?
The value of grunge work
Sometimes it it okay to just coast...
The cult of data has gone too far
Wanna career? Move to the center!
Faster computers afford dumber solutions
The loneliness of the long distance runbook
Career Advice: Learn how to write
How to be(come) a manager
Embrace the Plateau