I learned algorithms from textbooks and papers, building mental models from pseudocode and hand-drawn sketches. The hardest part was never reading the algorithm: it was seeing what it was actually doing to the data structure in memory. This post is the tool I wish I had back then.
AI agents can generate code 100x faster, but for companies stuck in the "Unhappy Middle" — with legacy debt, bespoke frameworks, and zero slack — the bottleneck has shifted from writing code to verifying it. Here's how engineering leaders can cross the chasm by becoming gardeners, not janitors.
Google App Engine for Python ships with the capability to manage user accounts without the need of any additional library. This functionality is, however, insufficiently documented. This post is a step-by-step tutorial addressing user registration, login, password reset and a few other details.
A practical guide covering everything I had to figure out when I relovated to the Netherlands, covering topics such as the 30% ruling for Highly Skilled Migrants, finding where to live, registering as a resident, getting your accounts and getting around.
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Workday's CEO called AI agent startups "parasites." Linear shipped a native AI agent that understands software development workflows. These are two ends of a spectrum, with most of the industry stuck in the middle — exposing data through MCP without embedding any intelligence. The companies that win will be the ones that make AI native to their domain workflow.
I learned algorithms from textbooks and papers, building mental models from pseudocode and hand-drawn sketches. The hardest part was never reading the algorithm: it was seeing what it was actually doing to the data structure in memory. This post is the tool I wish I had back then.
AI agents can generate code 100x faster, but for companies stuck in the "Unhappy Middle" — with legacy debt, bespoke frameworks, and zero slack — the bottleneck has shifted from writing code to verifying it. Here's how engineering leaders can cross the chasm by becoming gardeners, not janitors.
LLMs have statistical momentum: even when they know a new standard like Streamable HTTP exists, they often revert to the legacy patterns they saw most in training. Here is how to use "strong anchors" and "zero-prompt pruning" to keep your agentic systems from being haunted by 2024.
Delivering feedback is a critical part of my day job as a manager at Google. However, it took me a while to realize that receiving feedback is one of the skills that helped me grow the most in my career. Here a few things I learned in the process.
Technical Exploration & Open Source
An MCP server for Google's Travel Impact Model (TIM) to help AI agents reason about flight emissions.
An App for Android to get advice on which types of seafood are safe to eat while pregnant or breastfeeding, based on mercury levels.
Fewer duplicate issues with this Redmine plugin.
A Java implementation of a Generalized Suffix Tree using Ukkonen's algorithm supporting fast (<0.1 ms) lookups over a large set of strings.
100% web-based bittorrent streaming and download. No client needed.
Platform for collaborative non-linear story writing.
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