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Hi, I’m Dylan. I write about operations, engineering, tools, and things I’m learning.
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Technology Is Not the Change You Are Managing
May 8, 2026
AI is the technology change of the moment, and like every technology change …
Flow metrics for work in GitHub
April 2, 2026
I built a GitHub CLI extension for engineering flow metrics. Here’s
the …
Building the 'Jobs For Me' Agent
March 31, 2026
What I learned building an AI job search agent as a Claude Work plugin
in three …
Compound engineering
March 7, 2026
How I used compound engineering to build a real product as a solo developer.
Not …
TPM Journey at Github
October 20, 2024
Slides and recording of my presentation about how technical program management …Recent
I took a year away from work between leaving GitHub in June 2025 and
starting my next job in early August 2026. This is the second such
sabbatical I’ve taken, and I have zero regrets and …
The two Hugo template gates that keep dev-server pageviews out of production analytics.
Instructions and tips for getting the pi.dev agent harness running on a Mac with 8GB of RAM.
Train My Brain is a Claude Code plugin that builds micro-sites for personal learning. Have an esoteric learning need? Spin up a site—modules, exercises, and a glossary, served locally and ready …
How to convert a Markdown file to a PDF with pleasant fonts and great footnotes using pandoc and TeX.
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How to interpret the numbers used to describe LLMs.
I’m running Ollama on a Macbook so shifting the default location that Ollama downloads massive models to is a necessity. It’s just one environment setting away.
I want to set up an exit node on my Mac Mini using Tailscale. That way I can watch movies from anywhere and print stuff without being at home.
How I used compound engineering to build a real product as a solo developer.
Not “look how many commits I made” but “look at the quality and speed of
issue resolution.” The …
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