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2026

Write the Tests. The Agent Handles the Rest.
The Boring Truth About AI Coding Agents
Writing Simple Code
Software Is an Encoding
Software Is Modeling
Stop Rewriting, Start Steering
The Real Problem with Legacy Code
The Shape of a Test Suite

2025

Planning is Hard - Plan Better
Async/Await is Misleading
Reconciling Functional and Object Oriented Programming
Building a Programming Language in TypeScript
Goodbye Software Developers, Hello Automation Engineers

2024

Smash the Test Pyramid!
Machine Learning for Programmers - Part 1 - The Fundamentals
Observability, Testability, and Encapsulation - Opposing Tensions Shape Good Design
Building a Multiplayer Gaming System - Part 3 - Establishing the Context
Building a Multiplayer Gaming System - Part 2 - Design Process
Building a Multiplayer Gaming System - Part 1 - Introduction
Two Kinds of Learning in Turn-Based Game AI
Natural Language is a Bad Way to Communicate
Building an Interactive Generative AI for Music in TypeScript - Part 1

2023

Building a 1v1 Game Matchmaking Service in Go - Part 3
Building a 1v1 Game Matchmaking Service in Go - Part 2
Building a 1v1 Game Matchmaking Service in Go
How AI will change Software Development
Taming Concurrent Code - State Transitions vs Flows
The Duality of State and Events
Functional Core, Imperative Shell implemented with Finite State Transducers
Thinking in Finite State Transducers to Enhance Precision
Using Queueing Theory to Build Better Software Systems

Using Queueing Theory to Build Better Software Systems

April 10, 2023 · 8 min read

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