No Country for Old Developers
What happens if you are a 40-year-old career changer looking for a new opportunity? Will employers give you the same chance?
Kafka Is Not a Database
It's important to understand the uses and abuses of streaming infrastructure. Apache Kafka is a message broker that has rapidly grown in popularity in the last few years. Message brokers have been around for a long time...
Remaining Technical as an Engineering Leader
The question “how technically hands-on should I be as a team leader?” comes up frequently in my conversations with engineering leads. The short answer is: “definitely to some extent”, but for a more specific answer we need to consider context, your individual team makeup, and your goals as a leader.
The Horrifying Things I’ve Seen as an Office Manager in Silicon Valley
My colleagues don’t know I hate them.
How the culture of a company can turns decent people into demanding individuals who believe their comfort and convenience is more important than anyone else's.
GraphQL in 10 minutes
Graph Databases Will Change Your Freakin' Life
