Notes from the work

Writing

Essays about decisions, maintenance, and the parts of software work that survive a framework change.

Writing index

  1. What a migration linter taught me about saying no

    Guardrails work when they explain the risk and leave room for an informed exception.

  2. Offline-first is a product decision, not a sync algorithm

    Connectivity changes what a product can promise, not merely how its database catches up.

  3. Boring deploys: the checklist I actually use

    A release should be observable, reversible, and small enough to understand under pressure.

  4. Reading old code kindly

    Most awkward code is a fossil of a real constraint, deadline, or missing tool.

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