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#75  When ego turns into sunk cost

In tech, we often think the biggest sunk cost is time or money. In reality, it's often our ego. This is a reflection on learning when to let go, adapt, and move forward before a bad decision becomes an expensive one.

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#74  When engineering becomes promotion-driven

The difference between impact and visibility, and how promotion-driven cultures slowly distort engineering decisions, team dynamics, and technical ownership.

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#73  The dystopian illusion of AI productivity

AI isn’t inherently dystopian, but delegating without understanding can push us there. As it becomes an agent-like abstraction that acts instead of just assisting, we risk losing ownership and intuition.

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#72  Cultivating serendipity

Serendipity is often mistaken for luck, but it rarely happens by chance. It comes from consistently putting yourself in new situations, trying, failing, and adjusting along the way.

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#71  Becoming friends with AI

I didn’t adopt AI because I loved it. I adopted it the same way you build trust with a new coworker: slowly, with boundaries, and by learning how to work together.

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#70  Building software that is meant to disappear

How short lifespans change the way we design, maintain, and care about software. Why speed can help, but only when it's intentional, and why assuming AI will fix everything later can lead to shortcuts today. This is not against change. It's about asking what deserves to last.

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#69  Chasing growth not applause is how real impact happens

Making an impact at work by solving real problems, sharing ideas clearly, and working with others to get things done.

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#68  Behind the curtains of React rendering

This post explains how React renders your app using a theater play analogy, covering static, server-side, and client-side rendering, plus React Server Components. With examples using React Router v7, it shows how each approach affects performance, SEO, and user experience.

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#67  Changelog #1 react-router v7 migration

A personal reflection on migrating this blog from Nuxt to NextJS to Remix, and now React Router v7. I break down the motivations behind each switch, from practical needs to pure curiosity, and share what I learned along the way.

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#66  The micro misunderstanding

Microservices and microfrontends are often paired by default, but they solve different problems. This article breaks down where BFFs, monorepos, and team structure actually fit, and why blindly following patterns can hurt more than help.

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