The Death of the Stubborn DeveloperI wrote a blog post back in May called The Death of the Junior Developer. It made people mad. My thesis has since been corroborated by a…Dec 1060Dec 1060
A good day with JeffThis is a story about Jeff Bezos which I’ve told many times over the years, but which I don’t think I’ve ever written down. And although he…May 27, 202330May 27, 202330
We’re Gonna Need a Bigger MoatEveryone making SaaS on LLMs, including coding assistants like Cody and Copilot, was rocked by the AI news events of last week.May 11, 202318May 11, 202318
Dear Google Cloud: Your Deprecation Policy is Killing YouGod dammit, I didn’t want to blog again. I have so much stuff to do. Blogging takes time and energy and creativity that I could be putting…Aug 15, 202074Aug 15, 202074
Saying Goodbye to the Best Gig I Ever HadFriday was my last day at Grab, and I wanted to give a quick retrospective, plus tell folks what I’m up to. I didn’t get a chance to say a…May 19, 202013May 19, 202013
Google to Grab: One year laterBig Fat Disclaimer: I DO NOT SPEAK FOR GRAB. I work there, but these are my own opinions. Not Grab’s.May 18, 20199May 18, 20199
The Song of the Golden DragonI’ve never before been inspired to write an essay about a piece of music. This is a first for me; we’ll see how it goes.Jan 24, 20194Jan 24, 20194
Jeff Bezos, Jack Ma, and the Quest to Kill eBayThe right — and wrong — way to compete with a locked marketNov 25, 201821Nov 25, 201821
Get that job at GrabNote: I do not speak for my employer, Grab. These thoughts and opinions are solely my own.May 21, 201824May 21, 201824