Vibe-coded Photoshop is a trap
A Photoshop clone is built from the outside in. It copies every decision Photoshop is stuck with, and none of the engineering, ecosystem, or trust that make it the standard. Why I built DepthField Photo from first principles instead
The Reader Axiom
The Reader Axiom — that code is read far more often than it is written — has been quietly invalidated. Most of what we built on top of it was ergonomics cosplaying as engineering. And AI doesn't need human ergonomics.
The Cascade Reclaimed
We spent fifteen years running from the cascade. Now CSS has quietly become a different language — one that makes a new paradigm possible.
The Codebase That Lasts Twice As Long Costs Half As Much
How to slow the atrophy of your code and create software solutions that last longer - much longer
Start with a Monolith: a startup manifesto
A short, opinionated poem on entrepreneurship. Aggressively self-indulgent, pompous even... but it's not wrong.
On Leadership
Hiring the right people, giving them what they need, and getting out of the way.
On Developer Productivity
About no-blame culture, uninterrupted flow, and high trust in developer teams.