Archive - Simulated Annealing

GenAI is not a silver bullet

How LLMs won't fix software engineering

Jun 1 •

May 2025

Thoughts on moving abroad

Lessons from our second international move

May 4 •

April 2025

The Paris of our dreams

Miyazaki, Shinkai, and pushing through dreams to reality

Apr 1 •

March 2025

Writing my first book

The trials and tribulations of self-publishing

Mar 7 •

September 2024

Reflections on engineering onboarding

Leveling up your new job game

Sep 9, 2024 •

April 2024

The history and design of the ultimate ice cream machine

Apr 1, 2024 •

March 2024

Architecting happiness

Working on home improvement projects

Mar 11, 2024 •

February 2024

From thought to theme

Brainstorming yearly theme names

Feb 5, 2024 •

September 2023

Why you should practice moving quickly

Sep 11, 2023 •

July 2023

Coming into focus

Finally seeing myself as a runner and good engineer

Jul 24, 2023 •

May 2023

Patterns, peach trees, and underground tunnels

Parallels between architecture and software design

May 29, 2023 •

The app review experience from hell

Misadventures in working with Chrome extensions and Google OAuth

May 1, 2023 •

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