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Gradual Change Messes With Rationality
When situations change gradually, people become boiled crabs
Jan 5, 2022 • 
Russell Pekala

November 2021

10 Engineering Best Practices Startups Should Ignore
There’s a lot of dogma in the field of software engineering.
Nov 10, 2021 • 
Russell Pekala
I Love Middleware Now
If you think about the your application in terms of invariants, the power of middleware really comes out
Nov 10, 2021 • 
Russell Pekala

February 2021

Boomer America was Weird
Stable, conformist, uniform, planned. Seems like a fluke span of America to me.
Feb 28, 2021 • 
Russell Pekala
Engineering is a Process Not an End State
Product people aren't the only ones that should think this way
Feb 22, 2021 • 
Russell Pekala
How to Think About Money
Have enough to do what you really want to do in life
Feb 15, 2021 • 
Russell Pekala
Oh the Places You'll Go
How to find a place for yourself
Feb 12, 2021 • 
Russell Pekala
Optimizing Too Early
How to know when to stop shooting big and focus on incremental changes
Feb 12, 2021 • 
Russell Pekala
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