Blog

I tend to write blogs less frequently that TIL’s. So they are typically longer and dig a little deeper.

LLM Foundations — October 10, 2025 — Resources from Week 1 of the AI Engineering Course

TPM Journey at Github — October 20, 2024 — Slides and recording of my presentation about how technical program management (TPM) came about at GitHub. All in context of Tuckman’s model of group development.

Slice by Slice — October 10, 2024 — How two German automotive engineers got inside my head. Or: how I learning to stop stressing out and to start solving problems.

Altitude, Brevity, Contrast, and Directness — June 1, 2024 — How to write with a busy reader in mind by answering some questions. What altitude are they at? How can you be succinct? Are you highlighting the important bits? Are you being as direct as you can be?

Pay It Forward — February 14, 2023 — I had a great chat with a college student about a career in tech. I thought I’d share some of the advice I gave them. It’s not going to change the world, but it might help someone.

Tracking program investments in SQLite — February 13, 2023 — Using SQLite to work with hierarchical data and learning about CTEs and data loading along the way.

Task for automation — February 11, 2023 — Using task as a Make alternative for your automation tasks and wonderment.

SQLite and Go App — February 1, 2023 — Using Go and SQLite to munge YAML data for fun and profit…or for free.

Giving Actionable Feedback — December 9, 2021 — Feedback is a gift. But how do you provide feedback to someone while increasing the chance that the person can hear and maybe even act on what you’re sharing with them?

Learning JSON Schema — August 22, 2021 — JSON Schema is an old concept wrapped in a relatively new format. I learned a few things as I was defining a data model using JSON Schema.