The Engineer Who Still Writes Code Is Getting Rarer and That Should Scare Someone
Somewhere between the org chart expansions and the process certifications, the people who could actually build things started disappearing. We replaced them with people who manage the people who manage the tools.
Kade’s First Masters Is Going to Be Something (for PopPop)!
He won’t remember it. He was too young. But I’ll remember every single second of it, and that’s the whole point.
The Stand-Up Meeting Was Supposed to Be Short and Now It Has Subtasks
The stand-up was invented to replace meetings. Somewhere along the way, it became one. And nobody involved seems to notice the irony.
Detroit Built Feelings in the Late Sixties and Called Them Cars
Every car company on earth has tried to bottle what Detroit did between 1964 and 1972. Every single one of them has failed. And the reason is something they could never admit out loud.
The Gear I Bought First Was Almost Never the Gear I Needed
Five years ago I was spending money on equipment I hadn’t earned yet. Here’s what I wish someone had just said out loud.
The Bulldogs Between the Hedges and the Bulldogs on the Road Are Sometimes Playing Different Sports and I Can Prove It with My Blood Pressure
UGA at home is a different organism than UGA on the road, and my cardiovascular system has the receipts. This isn’t about talent. It’s about something uglier.
The Woods Don’t Care If You’re Productive and That Might Be the Only Honest Thing Left
Every other environment you walk into has an agenda for your time. The woods don’t. And somehow that’s become a radical act.
The Latchkey Kid Curriculum Didn’t Come With a Diploma But It Taught Me Everything the Classroom Didn’t
Nobody handed me a syllabus for the things that actually mattered. The neighborhood did. And some of those lessons hit harder than anything I learned sitting at a desk.
Suno Isn’t Following Your Prompts. It’s Picking Up On Them.
You’re not issuing commands to Suno, you’re describing a vibe to something that learned everything it knows by listening. Once that distinction clicks, the whole way you approach prompting changes.