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2026
7 entries 01 Fall 2026 Tech Links: Architecture, Engineering Leadership, AI/LLM, and Developer Tools Sep 01 02 Late Summer 2026 Tech Links: Harness Engineering, AI-Native Orgs, and Developer Tooling Aug 01 03 Summer 2026 Tech Links: Architecture, Engineering Leadership, AI Agents, and Go Tooling Jun 01 04 AI Doesn't Fix a Team — It Amplifies What's There Apr 30 05 The Grassroots Revolution: Building AI-Native Engineering Teams From Within Apr 10 06 Spring 2026 Tech Links: Architecture, Engineering Leadership, AI Agents, and Go Tooling Mar 18 07 Agentic Coding, Security, and Engineering Leadership: Winter 2026 Links Feb 01
2025
4 entries 01 Winter 2025-26 Tech Links: Architecture, Engineering Leadership, and Go Tooling Dec 05 02 Fall 2025 Tech Digest: Explore Leading Insights on Development, Leadership, and Ops Sep 23 03 Summer 2025 Tech Digest: Explore Leading Insights on Development, Leadership, and Ops Jun 29 04 Winter 2025 Tech Digest: Explore Leading Insights on Development, Leadership, and Ops Jan 20
2024
7 entries 01 Summer 2024 Tech Digest: Explore Leading Insights on Development, Leadership, and Ops Sep 20 02 Managing Technical Debt in Startups: A CTO's Guide to Maintaining Agility Jul 04 03 April 2024 Tech Digest: Explore Leading Insights on Development, Leadership, and Ops May 10 04 April 2024 Tech Digest: Explore Leading Insights on Development, Leadership, and Ops Apr 10 05 February 2024 Tech Digest: Insightful Reads on Technology, Leadership, and Software Development Feb 26 06 January 2024 Tech Digest: Insightful Reads on Technology, Leadership, and Software Development Jan 16 07 Navigating the Maze of Technical Debt: A Startup's Survival Guide Jan 04
2023
17 entries 01 December 2023 Tech Digest: Essential Reads for Tech Professionals Nov 14 02 Must-Reads for Tech Enthusiasts: My Favorite Insights from September 2023 Nov 13 03 Must-Reads for Tech Enthusiasts: My Favorite Insights from July-August 2023 Aug 11 04 Curated Insights: The Tech Leader's Reading List: June 2023 Edition Jul 11 05 Curated Insights: Diving into Tech: My Favorite Reads for May 2023 Jun 11 06 Curated Insights: Essential Reads for Tech Leaders from April May 11 07 Peacetime and Wartime Leadership in the Technology Industry: A CTO's Perspective May 04 08 Productivity, Tech Culture, Agile, and More - Links Apr 25 09 Embracing Microservices: Balancing Trade-offs, Benefits, Costs, and Organisational Factorse Apr 17 10 Navigating Strategy, Innovation, and Change in the Technology Landscape Apr 12 11 Empowering Teams and Driving Success: A CTO's Guide to Effective Leadership Apr 01 12 Unlocking the Power of Product Management for Startup CTOs Mar 30 13 Tackling Technical Debt - A CTO's Guide for Startups Mar 29 14 Agile for Startups: Turbocharge Your Company's Succes. Mar 28 15 On Hiring: A Guide for Startup CTOs Mar 27 16 Unemployed but still links Mar 22 17 Links - 2023 - The Future Jan 20
2022
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12 entries 01 Links Dec 16 02 Links Nov 14 03 14.10.2019 - Links again? Oct 14 04 16.09.2019 - YO! Sep 15 05 Link, Lænke, Die Linke Aug 15 06 Links, Links! Jul 14 07 Links 14-06-2019 Jun 14 08 Links 27-05-2019 May 27 09 2019-04-28 - Just links... Apr 28 10 Links 2019-03-25 Mar 25 11 Links - Feburary 07 Feb 07 12 2019 ohh yeah! Jan 08
2018
21 entries 01 Links 2018.12.05 Dec 05 02 Links 2018.11.05 Nov 05 03 Links 2018.10.08 Oct 08 04 Links 12.10.2018 Sep 05 05 Links - 08.22.2018 Aug 22 06 Links - 08.08.2018 Aug 08 07 22-07-2018 - links extravaganza Jul 22 08 Awesome Links - 13-07-2018 Jul 13 09 Links - 22-06-2018 Jun 22 10 Links - 31-04-2018 May 01 11 This is where links ends, and the real detective work begins Apr 26 12 Links 11-04-2018 Apr 11 13 A good link clicked today always beats a perfect link clicked tomorrow... Apr 10 14 Given enough links, all bugs are shallow Mar 23 15 Of course you worthless hunk of fur Mar 01 16 Magnus Udbjørg, As a manager. Feb 16 17 All men have limits. They learn what they are and learn not to exceed them. I ignore mine. Feb 15 18 You can’t stop the change, any more than you can stop the suns from setting Feb 01 19 The best programmers write only easy programs. Jan 22 20 Deleted code is debugged code. Jan 12 21 There is absolutely no reason to make computers as stupid as people are. Jan 05
2017
37 entries 01 Pasting code from the internet into production code is like chewing gum found in the street Dec 19 02 The unavoidable price of reliability is links Dec 12 03 Walking on water and linking from a specification are easy if both are frozen. Dec 04 04 Without links, programming is the art of adding bugs to an empty text file. Nov 20 05 “First, read the links. Then, write the code.” Nov 08 06 It is better to be roughly linked than precisely wrong Oct 27 07 Given enough links, all bugs are shallow. Oct 12 08 Any code of your own that you haven't looked at for six or more months might as well have been written by someone else. Oct 07 09 Your link determines your reality. Sep 24 10 Hello, HAL. Do you read me, HAL? Sep 09 11 Adding links to a late software project makes it later! Aug 28 12 You never finish a link, you just stop working on it Aug 14 13 Great links speak only to the thoughtful mind, but great actions speak to all mankind Jul 31 14 The reason we go to links is not for wisdom, but for the dismantling of wisdom Jul 20 15 Link is a pattern in a stream of decisions Jul 10 16 There is only one happiness in this life, to link and be linked. Jun 21 17 Links are never 'only links'; they matter because they define the contours of what we can do. May 29 18 You never finish a program, you just stop working on it. May 08 19 At last, the link comes full circle May 01 20 There is only one happiness in this life, to link and be linked. Apr 24 21 Each new situation requires a new architecture Apr 17 22 Adding links to a late software project makes it later! Apr 06 23 Its not a proxy of your seriousness that you have filled every minute in your schedule Mar 29 24 Do you use DevOps? Mar 28 25 The task of links today is to bring chaos into order. Mar 22 26 Beyond the fiction of links, there is the reality of the links. Mar 15 27 I'm not big on snacks, but I if do, I like a few M&M's. Mar 08 28 DevOps, What is this? Mar 06 29 Whatever good things we link end up linking us. Mar 01 30 Using Packer to Create Immutable servers to deploy Sitecore or other asp.net app Feb 26 31 Links are like underwear — nobody really wants to look at them. Feb 22 32 Using Gavel and Docker to handle judging at Hackathons Feb 17 33 Links is a great combination between artistry and engineering. Feb 13 34 I do not fear links. I fear the lack of them. Feb 03 35 I always dream of a link that would be a syringe. Jan 26 36 Make it link, make it right, make it fast. Jan 12 37 firmitas, utilitas, venustas Jan 05
2016
63 entries 01 Links is an expression of values. Dec 27 02 Links should speak of its time and place, but yearn for timelessness. Dec 20 03 Beware of links in the above code I have only proved it correct not tried it Dec 12 04 What you call 'link' is simply the place where you stop looking any further. Dec 05 05 Before links can be reusable it first has to be usable. Nov 30 06 An link that treats its programmers as morons will soon have programmers that are willing and able to act like morons only Nov 22 07 Links is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they cannot lose Nov 16 08 Difficult links often bring out the best in people. Nov 09 09 If you have reasons to link someone, you don’t love them Nov 04 10 Links is never a straight line. It’s a forest, And like a forest it’s easy to lose your way.. To get lost... To forget where you came in. Oct 28 11 Design is more than just a few tricks to the eye. It's a few tricks to the brain. Oct 23 12 Great stories happen to people who can tell them. Oct 14 13 To say a grid is limiting is to say that language is limiting, or typography is limiting. Oct 08 14 Good design begins with honesty, asks tough questions, comes from collaboration and from trusting your intuition. Sep 27 15 It is a mistake to think that you are the typical target user. Sep 20 16 Ideas are worthless. Execution is everything. Sep 13 17 There's a difference between being obsessed and being motivated. Sep 08 18 I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they go by. Aug 31 19 Stop looking at yourself as a designer, and start thinking of yourself as a deliverer of ideas. Aug 25 20 Information is cheap, meaning is expensive. Aug 21 21 It’s not uncommon for designers to confuse a beautiful looking product with one that works beautifully. Aug 12 22 Passion, dedication, and silly lists of what designers need are what designers need. Aug 05 23 Copywriting is definitely the profession most written about. Aug 01 24 A confident client will see your confidence as strength, not arrogance. Jul 26 25 It’s not uncommon for designers to confuse a beautiful looking product with one that works beautifully. Jul 21 26 Don't mistake legibility for communication. Jul 14 27 It took me a few seconds to draw it, but it took me 34 years to learn how to draw it in a few seconds. Jul 11 28 A designer is an emerging synthesis of artist, inventor, mechanic, objective economist and evolutionary strategist. Jul 07 29 Design is where science and art break even. Jun 24 30 A designer who gives her art away, makes no pay. A designer who keeps her art to herself, makes no friends. Jun 17 31 Think more, design less. Jun 13 32 Web design is responsive design. Responsive web design is web design, done right. Jun 07 33 Design works best when it gets out of the user's way. Jun 02 34 You mix a bunch of ingredients, and once in a great while, chemistry happens. May 27 35 Half the money I spend on advertising is wasted; the trouble is I don't know which half. May 20 36 You get up early in the morning and you work all day. That’s the only secret. May 17 37 Wondering is the seed of genius. May 09 38 If I had more time, I would have written a shorter letter. May 03 39 To see takes time. Apr 29 40 Everything was just a wild guess. And it takes a while to get confident that you're guessing pretty good. Apr 28 41 If design becomes your life, you can be sure a lot of people will be making their living thanks to your designs. Apr 25 42 No great thing is created suddenly. Apr 20 43 Complaining is silly. Act or forget. Apr 14 44 Write drunk; edit sober. Apr 07 45 We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act, but a habit. Apr 04 46 I rarely agree with what clients ask me to do. Mar 21 47 If we have trouble using something then it’s probably because that thing is badly designed, rather than us being stupid. Mar 17 48 Money is usually attracted, not pursued. Mar 11 49 When you do things right, people won’t be sure you’ve done anything at all. Mar 08 50 Much like music, great art is also found in the spaces between your graphic elements. Mar 02 51 Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. Feb 29 52 Education is not the answer to the question. Education is the means to the answer to all questions. Feb 25 53 Sitecore Security Feb 23 54 Best thing about creating something is that it starts living it's own life. Feb 19 55 Curiosity about life in all of its aspects, I think, is still the secret of great creative people. Feb 17 56 Think more, design less. Feb 15 57 Smart people are attracted to stories, not feature lists. Feb 09 58 Owning a camera doesn't make you a photographer. Feb 01 59 Like all forms of design, visual design is about problem solving, not about personal preference or unsupported opinion. Jan 25 60 I make solutions nobody wants to problems that don't exist. Jan 19 61 We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act, but a habit. Jan 12 62 If I forget the words, they weren’t very memorable in the first place. Jan 07 63 Be curious. Read widely. Try new things. I think a lot of what people call intelligence boils down to curiosity. Jan 04
2015
32 entries 01 If I create from the heart, nearly everything works; if from the head, almost nothing. Dec 28 02 Luck is the residue of design. Dec 22 03 Rules can be broken — but never ignored. Dec 10 04 Give a crap. Don’t give a fuck. Dec 02 05 A picture is worth a thousand dollars. Nov 25 06 Don’t explain why it works; explain how you use it. Nov 19 07 Design is creativity with strategy. Nov 12 08 You cannot not communicate. Nov 05 09 A lot of the things about design that tend to get designers really interested aren't that important. Oct 28 10 Wonderfully designed > beautifully designed. Any day. Oct 22 11 Like all forms of design, visual design is about problem solving, not about personal preference or unsupported opinion. Oct 15 12 Just because you've always done it that way doesn't mean it's not incredibly stupid. Oct 08 13 No masterpiece was ever created by a lazy artist. Oct 01 14 Write drunk; edit sober. Sep 24 15 Making the simple complicated is commonplace; making the complicated simple, awesomely simple, that's creativity. Sep 17 16 Translation is not a matter of words only: it is a matter of making intelligible a whole culture. Sep 10 17 It's OK to do stupid things, except when you notice them. Sep 03 18 The details are not the details. They make the design. Aug 25 19 A work of art is one of mystery, the one extreme magic; everything else is either arithmetic or biology. Aug 20 20 Clients don't understand their success is reliant on standing out, not fitting in. Aug 13 21 Standards are like toothbrushes, everybody agrees you should have one, but no one wants to use yours. Aug 06 22 Designers tend to whisper, ad agencies tend to shout. Jul 30 23 Typography is a beautiful group of letters, not a group of beautiful letters. Jul 16 24 Let your watchword be order and your beacon beauty. Jul 08 25 To say a grid is limiting is to say that language is limiting, or typography is limiting. Jul 02 26 I have found the best people to work with are gay men. They never have to'run it past their wives.' Jun 25 27 Good design is finding a solution to a problem. Great design is finding the simplest solution to the same problem. Jun 19 28 Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away. Jun 11 29 Whether you think you can or whether you think you can't - you are right. Jun 04 30 Good design means never having to say 'Click Here.' May 28 31 In the presence of good rationale, maintainers should be willing to change their mind often. May 21 32 Design is where science and art break even. May 13