Milk Kanban
Original meaning of Kanban is that it’s a visual signal. We tend to think about Kanban in terms of boards, columns, index cards, etc. However, in principle, none of that is needed to design a Kanban system.
Harnessing AI in C# with Microsoft.Extensions.AI, Ollama, and MCP Server
In the previous post “Leveraging Microsoft.Extensions.AI for Tool Calling in C#“, we explored how to create custom tools that enhance the capabilities of Large Language Models (LLMs). We demonstrated
Keepin' It Together - Dev Leader Weekly 87
Welcome to another issue of Dev Leader Weekly! In this issue, I discuss some thoughts as I'm working through a period of burnout.
REST Explained: Why the Web Runs on This Simple Idea - Chris Woody Woodruff
If you've worked with web services, you've probably heard of REST. It's everywhere—from APIs powering your favorite apps to backend systems handling millions of users. But what exactly is REST, and why is it the go-to approach for modern web development? Let’s…
C# Flags: Beginner's Guide
In this session, we dive into Flags in C#—a powerful feature that allows software engineers to represent multiple options within a single data field. You'll learn how to efficiently manage combinations of boolean values using bitwise operations. 🚀 What You'l…
An introduction to Magit, an Emacs mode for Git
Learn how to use Magit, an essential tool for any git-loving Emacs user. Magit supercharges your git workflow by removing the tedium of writing arcane commands and replacing them with a simple and ergonomic user interface.
FREE FOR ALL! - Engineering Manager AMA
I am completely burnt out and figured we'd just have an open discussion about whatever is on your mind. Until the chat picks up, I'll just blab about stuff that is still giving me energy. Come hang out! As with all livestreams, I'm looking forward to answerin…
Weekly Recap - 2025-03-14
Check out this week from Dev Leader! Here's a list including articles and videos on software engineering, career development, and programming in C#!
Capchan – solving captcha with image classification
Leaders in Information Security
Digital Difficulties – R Works
The Dev Metrics Game
And the playbook to win
Six mistakes I made and one I avoided
I'm still working on my point-and-click puzzle game made from dioramas.
Transformers without Normalization - DynamicTanh
The COST of double-entry accounting
Sometimes I think the most important paper of our times is Scalability! But at what COST? We build “web-scale” systems and get excited about how scalable they are and how we solve the problems of scale, but we do not measure the COST: Configuration that Outper…
Finding the opposite of what you have with rails invert_where
Need to fetch the opposite data for an existing ActiveRecord query? Rails invert_where makes it effortless, but be careful with the side effects.
The Photographer Who Takes No Pictures
How a trip in 2012 transformed my relationship with photography—from staged performances to capturing genuine moments that matter, for engagement rather than validation.
Sneaky Bits: Advanced Data Smuggling Techniques (ASCII Smuggler Updates) · Embrace The Red
This post highlights some new research, tricks and improvements on data smuggling techniques.
Scrum Fatigue: Why It Happens and How to Fix It
Scrum is widely used to boost collaboration and speed up software delivery. But for many teams, it leads to stress and burnout. Why does Scrum sometimes feel exhausting? More importantly, how can we fix it?
Carefully But Purposefully Oxidising Ubuntu
This post explores modern equivalents of foundational system utilities such as coreutils and sudo, introduces an experimental utility for testing them, and maps out a path to their widespread adoption in Ubuntu.
Elixir Makes You Make Good Decisions
How choosing Elixir made building screen.garden faster and more correct.
Should we replace Spark with DuckDB?
I was attending a DuckDB meetup in Leuven, where a presenter was detailing how they replaced Spark with DuckDB to cut costs, when rather abruptly, someone in the audience asked, “How do I know if I should really use DuckDB now, me being not a data engineer? Wh…
My Thoughts on the Future of "AI"
I have very wide error bars on the potential future of large language models, and I think you should too. It's possible LLMs basically lead to AGI, and it's also possible they platteau.
An Open Letter to AI Companies
Embedding personal data
The 2FA app that tells you when you get `314159`
An indie project for early 2010s internet addicts