The Industry’s Obsession with Proxies
Software teams rarely optimize for quality, they optimize for whatever's easiest to measure. A look at Goodhart's Law and the danger of confusing proxies with reality.
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Programming Is The Easy Part
Programming isn't what makes or breaks a successful contractor. After more than a decade in consulting, these are the lessons that actually determine whether clients keep calling.
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The Quarter Was Saved. The Platform Wasn’t.
Every shortcut creates a future obligation. Eventually somebody pays.
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One Reasonable “Sure” At A Time
Saying yes opens doors, builds trust, and creates opportunities. But every yes also establishes precedent. A look at how professional acquiescence compounds, how organizations learn what we'll accept, and why nobody can take responsibility for your career quite like you can.
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Alpha is Permission to Be Wrong
Alpha software is supposed to break. APIs change, schemas move, and sometimes the right upgrade path really is starting over. As I get AdAstra ready for its first developers, I'm learning that instability isn't the problem. Carelessness is.
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