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Alex Feinman

The Housecat Theory of the 10x Engineer

I recently re-encountered the myth of the “10x engineer”. Why does it smell like the hype around generative AI?

Jun 1

The Housecat Theory of the 10x Engineer

Jun 1

On Being A Better Man

How is being a “good man” different than being a “good person”? The answer lies not in the destination, but in the starting point. Men —…

Mar 28

Mar 28

Tropes I Won’t Write

(All tropes available for review on TVTropes.org; warning for existential-level time sink threat.)

May 19, 2023

May 19, 2023

I am still a human

For many years I have used a tagline similar to the current one, which includes the stipulation: “All posts made with 100% recycled…

Mar 18, 2023

I am still a human

Mar 18, 2023

Fixing the coding part of interviews

Coding interviews suck. They’re painful for everyone. But we need to assess technical ability. What if there were a better way?

Jan 27, 2022

Jan 27, 2022

The Five Hearts

“No, Twitter, I didn’t want to shove that in all my friends’ faces, I just wanted to let the author know I liked it!”

Jun 14, 2021

The Five Hearts

Jun 14, 2021

How Not to Ruin your Design Review

Let’s not sabotage the process from the get-go.

Nov 23, 2020

How Not to Ruin your Design Review

Nov 23, 2020

Learning How To Practice

Practicing is a skill. Learning to learn can really pay off. But it’s hard work, and rarely rewarded.

Aug 8, 2020

Learning How To Practice

Aug 8, 2020

Do we ever stop being racist?

Undoing the damage done to us by society.

Dec 19, 2019

Do we ever stop being racist?

Dec 19, 2019

The fine art of deleting code

Don’t be too proud of this technological terror you’ve constructed.

Oct 16, 2019

The fine art of deleting code

Oct 16, 2019

Alex Feinman

Alex Feinman

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