success
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Stop Procrastinating in 2025: Part 1 – Building Your Foundation Before New Year’s Resolutions
Why December Is Actually the Best Time to Stop Procrastinating As we approach 2025, most people are preparing their New Year’s resolutions. But here’s the uncomfortable truth: 91% of New Year’s resolutions…
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The Corporate Culture Charade Part 2: How AI Is Killing What Little Culture We Had Left
While executives blame remote work for destroying company culture, they’re missing the real culprit: AI-generated content is creating a closed loop of meaningless communication where everyone is reading summaries of summaries, and…
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Company Culture
The article critiques the modern obsession with corporate culture, arguing it is often a superficial construct designed to appease executives rather than genuinely engage employees. The author emphasizes that true culture emerges…
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Ruby 5.0: What If Ruby Had First-Class Types?
The article envisions a reimagined Ruby with optional, inline type annotations called TypedRuby, addressing limitations of current solutions like Sorbet and RBS. It proposes a syntax that integrates seamlessly with Ruby’s philosophy,…
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The Hidden Economics of “Free” AI Tools: Why the SaaS Premium Still Matters
This post discusses the hidden costs of DIY solutions in SaaS, emphasizing the benefits of established SaaS tools over “free” AI-driven alternatives. It highlights issues like time tax, knowledge debt, reliability, support…
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The SaaS Model Isn’t Dead, it’s Evolving Beyond the Hype of “Vibe Coding”
The article critiques the rise of “vibe coding,” emphasizing the distinction between quick prototypes and genuine MVPs. It argues that while AI can accelerate product development, true success relies on accountability, stability,…
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Returning to the Rails World: What’s New and Exciting in Rails 8 and Ruby 3.3+
It’s 2025, and coming back to Ruby on Rails feels like stepping into a familiar city only to find new skyscrapers, electric trams, and an upgraded skyline.The framework that once defined web…
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What You Should Learn to Master but Never Ship
Every engineer should build a few things from scratch search, auth, caching just to understand how much complexity lives beneath the surface. But the real skill isn’t rolling your own; it’s knowing…
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?? → BI → ML → AI → ??
AI’s past and the future Where acronyms in business come from, what they sold, who won, and what might come after “AI” Acronyms are the currency of business storytelling. They compress complex…
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The Vibe Code Tax
Momentum is the oxygen of startups. Lose it, and you suffocate. Getting it back is harder than creating it in the first place. Here’s the paradox founders hit early: Both paths kill.…