There’s something deeply satisfying about doing a great job, to the best of your ability. No matter whether you’re a solo entrepreneur, or at a hot s… - Guillermo Rauch

AI paradoxically will make us more human. The machine will solve the hard computational and scientific problems that our brains simply cannot keep up with. Writing code getting delegated to AI is the canary in the coal mine.

An easy tell for how good an engineer is is what % of their time they spend on instrumentation, measurement, profiling, telemetry, analysis (and how well they leverage this expertise during incidents).

For AI to outperform human coders, the context and prompt will need to be enriched with data from the live production system. This will lead to self-improving, self-repairing software.

Happiness and productivity are two sides of the same coin. We’re at our best when our work creates value for others and we get rewarded. This is why socialism, communism, and any kind of unearned welfare inevitably lead to misery and the end of civilization.