







I am done with this shit. It is over. The state of engineering right now is horrible. It has been half a month since I started a new role at a big company. Nobody knows anything here. The specs, code, tests, PRDs, tickets, resolution of those tickets, reports, etc., everything is…— voxium (@v0xium) September 20, 2026
Ubuntu Summit 2024 | Day Three
Ubuntu Summit 25.10 | Day Two
A year into the wreckage and salvage
It’s coming up on been a year, somehow, since I started this website/micro-studio/space to think in. What a wild choice that was, setting out in October of 2024, eyes on the horizon! We’d hoped things would turn out differently. The research and thinking I came

LDX3 London
Join over 2,500 engineering leaders on June 2 & 3, 2026 and explore the latest practices for building effective software engineering orgs.

This 90-Day Plan Turns Engineers into Remarkable Managers
Twitter's former Director of Engineering shares the plan he uses to transform engineers into successful and happy managers.

Sawyer Hood on Twitter / X
my new daily driver for building software https://t.co/6CWG9rVgg5— Sawyer Hood (@sawyerhood) August 5, 2026
We Build On Hope @ PublicSpaces Conference 2026
Keynote by Robin Berjon The current state of tech can feel disheartening. Years of critical analysis and reform efforts have left us with a digital sphere that seems worse than ever. In Europe, our...
Reckoning: Frontend's Lost Decade | Alex Russell | performance.now() 2024
Fellow Engineers: This is where your money comes from
Recently I saw some rather surprising conversations on Reddit’s /r/cscareerquestions which is generally a great place to talk through different CS Career issues people are having and try to h…

FOSDEM 2026 - FOSDEM 2026 Call for Participation
Proposals for developer rooms and main track talks for FOSDEM 2026 can now be submitted!

SpaceX Went Public - A Disaster Waiting to Happen
SpaceX Went Public - A Disaster Waiting to Happen
Everything is Miscellaneous
I’m at a Hubweek event called “Libraries: The Next Generation.” It’s a panel hosted by the Berkman Center with Dan Cohen, the executive director of the DPLA; Andromeda Yelton, a developer who has done work with libraries; and Jeffrey Schnapp of metaLab
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.
So exciting! Huge props to @bnewbold.net, @dholms.at, et al for making this happen. Definitely still a long journey ahead but this is a huge step! 👏