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Programming Principles Finally Take Off … Hopefully

For decades our industry struggled to establish a shared understanding of software craftsmanship. Pioneers like Martin Fowler, Robert C. Martin, or Kent Beck have fought an uphill battle.

The distance to my code

These days I get more code and features done than ever before—like anyone else using agentic coding tools like Claude Code or Codex. These models and tools have become so powerful since the fall of 2025, it's mind blowing.

I'm not a tab-tab developer

I disabled autocompletion in my GitHub Copilot Xcode extension and returned to Xcode plain autocompletion with disabled predictive code completion. It's a blast.

Optimize for Performance

In my career, I've seen countless developers fall into the trap of optimizing for performance too early. Don't!