Field Notes
Ideas that won't leave my head until I write them down. Opinions that might change, lessons worth sharing, and conversations I'd love to have. Take what's useful, challenge what isn't.
Being a Good Team Member: Build Together, Decide Together, Own Together
Modern software is too big for lone heroes. Being a good team member isn't being nice, it's practicing habits that let a group of imperfect humans reliably deliver quality, learn fast, and be better tomorrow.
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The Kind of Leader I'm Trying to Become
Leadership isn't about being in charge, it's about taking care of the people in your charge. I'm building toward a style that's technically strong enough to earn trust, and human enough to keep it.
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OpenTelemetry in .NET
The why, a basic implementation + config, and your first steps to production. OTel isn't 'more logging.' It's a system for turning running software into evidence.
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AI Coding Assistants: A Security and Privacy Reality Check
AI coding assistants are wildly useful. They're also a new kind of risk surface. This post is a reality check. No doom, no hype, just how these systems actualy behave, where data can flow, and how to use them responsibly.
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Build Fast, Don't Break Trust: Continuous Integration as a Fail Forward Discipline
CI is one of the few ideas in software engineering that's both simple and relentlessly practical. The goal isn't never fail, it's fail forward: discover mistakes early, contain the blast radius, and turn learning into momentum.
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