Engineering
Designing systems that stay understandable
How to keep complexity in check as products, teams, and codebases grow.
Articles
Essays and notes on software, systems, and the work of building. The archive will grow as new pieces are published.
Product
What to optimize first
A practical look at tradeoffs when speed, quality, and clarity compete.
Practice
Reading the grain of a codebase
Approaches for learning an unfamiliar system without getting lost in it.
Design
Making interfaces that explain themselves
How structure, language, and hierarchy can reduce the need for extra explanation.
Engineering
When to stop abstracting
A case for leaving some duplication in place until the real pattern is obvious.
Product
Shipping without losing the plot
Keeping the original problem in view after the work has gathered momentum.