I build stuff, break stuff and occasionally teach stuff | @preppable, @weekendyoutuber, ex-@microsoft 🇺🇸🇳🇵

Seattle, WA
Joined April 2011
What truly unlocked my tech career (it's not coding) youtu.be/L5YuRFyl5hM #SoftwareEngineer #coding #programming #developer #career
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Here are my book recommendations for 2025 that I think every software engineer should aspire to read.
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Meta is laying off 4,000 employees as company shifts focus on performance, AI investments. 😲
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Have you heard of the duck test in coding? instagram.com/reel/DF8IvnZRI…
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Why software engineers should have side hustles #SoftwareEngineering #programmer #coding
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Times are tough, but your strategy can set you apart. Focus on three key areas: 💻 Experience: Build projects & solve real problems 🔎 Scope: Get specialized in one area you love 🎯 Alignment: Skew your skills toward AI/ML & trending needs #TechCareers #AI #SoftwareEngineer #Job
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Books software engineers should read. Throwback to my recommendations from 2024. My recommendations for 2025 coming soon! #SoftwareEngineer #softwaredev
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My Manager
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👏 Huge congratulations, @poeschko and team! 🎉
🎉 Boom, we raised a Series A! 🚀 Super excited to work with @erez_kaminski and the growing team at @KetryxHQ on building out our platform. Let's remove the barriers from creating high-quality medical device software!
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It's now possible to block ChatGPT's crawler on any website you control. Added the block: it's a no-brainer. Why? ChatGPT cites no sources. It's a one-way relationship where OpenAI takes what is published on the internet, and then doesn't give a single reference or link back.
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Thank you, JavaScript! 💖👍
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Ten yrs ago I enrolled in a high-deductible health plan and opened an HSA. I maxed out that account every year & invested it in index funds. Didn’t pay a single medical bill from it. Any bill went on credit cards, and got me points. If you’re young & healthy, HSAs are amazing.
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If you're unable to create a majestic monolith with basic programming tools like encapsulation and namespaces, you don't have what it takes to improve upon the situation with a distributed swarm of microservices. Your spaghetti code will just be on five different plates.
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Most devs think they are the top performer in their team. Often isn’t the case. Their assumption is based on self-eval and not objective comparison.
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Why are developers always asking random questions on Twitter? Wait… I guess I just did that, too. 🤔
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How to get 10x more done every day?
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6.Commit to a zero-based scheduling system, which is a time management technique where every minute of your day is planned in advance, with no time left unaccounted for.
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7.And finally, for more details and examples of exactly how to utilize these concepts in your daily lives, check out my new video youtu.be/WyLDEMjlz-o
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