Palantir is en vogue right now. So of course, folks are cargo-culting elements of its culture, especially “Forward Deployed Engineering”. Lots of companies are trying to imitate this, and some other founders have even reached out to me for advice on whether they, too, should do this model for their startup.
Why You Should Use Islands Architecture
A peek into the future of frontend development
The Future Is Federated: My Fediverse Starter Guide
A starter guide for the Fediverse: what it is, how to join and its culture
Prompt Engineering Guide – Nextra
A Comprehensive Overview of Prompt Engineering
Dokploy - Deploy your applications with ease
Deploy your applications with ease using Dokploy
Launches: Credible Exit, Bridged User Notifications, & Fediverse Re-Bridge
Today, we’re announcing a bunch of migration features and improvements across Bridgy Fed and Bounce. The main goal we had with these latest updates was to make it so people can migrate in every direction possible across ecosystems while reducing the friction of migrating while using our services. The
Coolify vs. Dokploy: Why I Chose Dokploy for VPS Deployment in 2026
For the past few months, I’ve been deploying the majority of my production services to a VPS through the use of Dokploy. It had become my…
Expanding Project Glasswing
We’re extending Project Glasswing to approximately 150 new organizations in more than fifteen countries
Which direction is forward?
Software role changes tell us something about the goals in LLM deployment.
What They Don't Tell You About Maintaining an Open Source Project
i built kaneo.app - an open source, self-hosted kanban board. turns out shipping code is the easy part. here's what maintaining it actually looks like.
May First Movement Technology
Digital infrastructure for liberation. Member-run, movement-rooted.
Resetting on engineering expectations in the age of AI
I’m accepting new sponsorships for The Modern Leader for 2026. If you’re interested (or you think your company may be interested), you can learn more here.
The Shape of Things to Come, Part 2: Model Welfare for Agentic Engineers — Steve Yegge
Part 2 of The Shape of Things to Come. Model welfare as an engineering discipline: seats and sessions, laurels, handoffs instead of /exit, and how to build a city worth waking up in.
