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Vibe Check: How AI (Ironically) Can Make Your Technical Hiring Process More Real

Mar 28, 2025 Tech AI

The next time you’re hiring for a senior or staff level role, do this: generate an AI-crafted codebase that mirrors your stack, practices and actual technical debt.

Why Imposter Syndrome in Tech Is So Common—and What We Can Do About It

Apr 3, 2023 Tech The Muse

I feel like an imposter. Not the version at the end of Scooby Doo mysteries where meddling kids yank a monster mask off my head.

We’re Not Talking Enough About Developer Burnout

Jan 26, 2022 Tech The Muse

For me, burnout first came years ago when I was part of a tiny startup fighting to survive. The team was small, the product still

The Great Resignation -or-Continuous (Re)Deployment

Aug 18, 2021 Tech

We knew last winter it was going to be a hot something summer. Not even counting the wildfires and heat domes, we knew all the

Read Me

Dec 29, 2020 Tech

A good Read Me can be full of education and entertainment for other developers, as well as my most important reader: Future Me.