What I like most about the job, what makes me sometimes want to take a break, and how to choose between PM and EM roles.

MCP's simplicity means that, like RSS autodiscovery and OpenSearch, it can catch on quickly and deliver powerful leverage for developers.

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that provides seamless access to a user's Last.fm listening data and music information for AI assistants like Claude. - rianvdm/lastfm-mcp

Software engineer Charity Majors challenges the "10x engineer" myth, arguing that true productivity lies in team performance, not individual brilliance. She encourages building workplaces where "norma...

I speak and write about design, front-end code, leadership, and (occasionally) math.

He taught me a crucial survival skill when he passed down his rock’n’roll fandom.

Which films have not stood the test of time?

Utterances like um, wow and mm-hmm aren’t garbage — they keep conversations flowing

A short post about how important is for PMs to provide "visibility of system status" to the teams they work with.

A detailed walkthrough of my current workflow for using LLms to build software, from brainstorming through planning and execution.

How does music listening change as we grow older?

Denethor, Palantírs, and propaganda in J.R.R. Tolkien's Return of the King

Keep your meetings smooth and your priorities on track!

Spotify’s plot against musicians

One of the issues with quarterly planning cycles and committing to due dates on that cadence is that teams are often asked to commit to dates before they have figured out all the unknowns.

The albums I listened to the most this year, and some brief thoughts on the year ahead.

The albums I listened to the most this year, and some brief thoughts on the year ahead.

The week between Christmas and New Year’s Eve is a time when nothing counts, and when nothing is quite real.

Martha Wells created one of the most iconic characters in 21st-century science fiction: Murderbot, reluctant savior of humanity. Then she faced an existential threat of her own.

+ The gingerbread plushie Gen Z is going feral over, climate change paint, 'Fartcoin' to the moon, Alex Cooper unveils new college ambassadors, and Kamala Harris’ digital chief speaks out

Exploring the data behind Spotify Wrapped, including comparisons to SoundCloud Playback and Last.fm listening data, including a deep dive into the music evolution descriptors and Pink Pilates Princess...

What a funny, Miles Davis-related production error in ‘The Talented Mr. Ripley’ tells us about jazz, class, and—maybe, just maybe—America itself.