Blog & Notes
Essays
Goldratt's Law
Remove one bottleneck and the next becomes visible.
Mind the Gap
AI won't end software engineering, and it won't vibe-code a cure for cancer. But it is changing what counts as evidence that your code is safe.
AI and how the burden of proof has shifted
Philosopher Markus Gabriel dismantled his own argument against machine intelligence. The logic is uncomfortably clean.
October 2018
Do You Really Know CORS?
Solving WiFi Problems
Maddening Delicious Geometry
Kubernetes Skepticism
Still not sure if Kubernetes is heaven sent. Sure, you can do descriptive infrastructure. But on the other hand, with all good technology, it raises the level of abstraction and I'm skeptic if this is good, especially for those not running Google-scale infrastructure. And I didn't even mention lock-in or its effect on IT administration as a whole. And no: Choosing Kubernetes from three Cloud providers doesn't mean there's no lock-in.