A short list of useful Make targets
Dec 19
I keep a small log of decisions in a text file. Not architectural — just small ones. "Picked X over Y because Z." Future…
A short tour of /proc
Jun 5
I write smaller commits than I used to. The commits are uglier in isolation and much easier to read in sequence.…
On reading other people's code
Feb 5
Most retry logic I've removed turned out to be hiding a real bug. The retries made the failure invisible, and the bug co…
A week without Slack
Nov 11
Most of the trouble I see in production comes from boundary cases someone promised would never happen. The code is fine.…
What I look for in an oncall handoff
Jul 22
I split a 4000-line file into 12 smaller ones this week. The smaller files weren't actually easier to understand. The 40…