AI on Daryl J. White

Interviewing in the age of AI

Wed, 01 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000

I recently went through a round of interviews with several software companies in the cloud-native and developer tools space. While the tech stacks varied, one topic was ubiquitous: Generative AI.

In 2026, simply saying, “I use AI to write faster,” isn’t enough. In fact, saying that might actually hurt your chances with companies that value security and original technical thought.

Documentation as the Knowledgeable Colleague

Tue, 10 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000

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There’s a specific feeling you get when documentation actually works.

It’s not relief, exactly. It’s more like the feeling of asking a question and getting a straight answer from someone who knows what they’re talking about. Someone who anticipated what you needed, skipped the parts you already knew, and told you what to do without talking down to you.

How I Integrated Claude Into a Documentation Workflow — and What It Actually Changed

Tue, 10 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000

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AI tools are everywhere in documentation conversations right now, but most of the discussion stays abstract. This is a concrete account of how I integrated Claude into MinIO’s documentation workflow:

what I used it for.
how I structured that use.
what it measurably changed about how the team worked.

The Starting Point

Technical documentation for a product like MinIO lives close to the codebase. Keeping it accurate means tracking software releases, triaging GitHub issues, auditing existing content, and staying current with a fast-moving engineering team. All while writing new content and updating existing content. The surface area is large and the feedback loops are long.