Stories by swah

Some tips for off-race ultra running

Self-Guaranteeing Promises

In defense of shallow technical knowledge

Practical AI techniques for daily engineering work

Why We Think

Why strong engineers are rarely blocked

Patience too cheap to meter

The Vibes

The importance of virtue in software engineering

Why can't language models come up with new ideas?

How to Understand Things

Amortality Is Uncomfortable to Contemplate

Basic Claude Code

Deregulating Distraction, Moving Towards the Goal, and Level Hopping (2014)

Projects fail at large tech companies

Getting things “done” in large tech companies

I don't care about your magic prompts

Text Based Productivity

A way forward

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