Most teams arrive at "no Friday deploys" after a painful weekend. It makes sense in the moment. You get burned, you put a fence around the hot stove. But the fence isn't solving the problem, it's just making the stove harder to reach. The stove is still hot.
Elixir, Zig, and possibly Rust have been catching my attention more and more. There's something really appealing about their design, their communities, and what they enable. I'm excited to carve out some time to play with them and see where they take me.
Looking back, I didn't fully understand why so many people complained about their bosses. It seemed like something people just said, something that came with the job. I couldn't relate. For most of my career, I felt fortunate I always had managers who supported me, helped me grow, and gave me the space to do meaningful work.
Interviewing in tech is broken in ways we often take for granted. There's a lot of talk about fairness, signal, and efficiency—but not enough about the actual experience for the candidate or how well we're truly assessing their potential to succeed in real-world conditions.
