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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.

Avoiding the Silent Stale Doc Problem

Mon, 16 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000

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We’ve all been there. The team is firing on all cylinders, cranking out innovative new features. The documentation is perfect! It’s comprehensive, clear, and included right in the Pull Request. Then, six months later, a bug report comes in. Somewhere along the way, a developer changed a timeout value, renamed a key in a JSON response, or updated a UI label, and…the documentation didn’t move an inch.