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I've wondered this myself. I stuck with iTerm2 for a really long time but recently switched to Ghostty. Ghostty definitely seems to renders faster (I say "seems to" because I didn'…

> it's a random Seinfeld reference and not a joke about an actual tragedy, lol ok so I wasn’t deeply offended by the dingo reference for what it’s worth, but this attempt to distan…

> The dingo has truly eaten our baby. It is so strange that people still say this. A family lost their child.

Eh, I don’t know. We’re talking about high school math proficiency here. The upper 80% of students should be capable of passing that, in my estimation. Regardless of differences in…

Not the person you’re replying to, but, because I don’t know what they know. “I don’t really know much about that, go ask _____” is the desired response in that situation

HelloInterview has helped me I think. Especially with system design

Full story and analysis of the crash: https://admiralcloudberg.medium.com/the-long-way-down-the-cr...

did someone actually ask you that?

Hey all, just wondering how you're preparing for interviews in 2026? I'm assuming system design plays a larger role and the bar is probably higher across all levels. Do I still nee…

Author here. I just started blogging this year. Been really interesting to see a post get some traction and read everyone's responses. Thank you all for reading. I left out a detai…

Yeah, you're probably right. Sorry. Writing and sharing it is vulnerable, and it's always drove me crazy to see people treat those who choose to do that uncharitably. I try to chec…

Thanks! Good luck as you work your way towards Scrum Master ;)

Yeah I have similar thoughts. I think you have to just consider the situation holistically. Senior with two years experience? Ok, this person is obviously skilled, and has the abil…

Important to who? As an engineer, I just want to get an idea of where this person is at in their learning journey and what their personality is like, do they have certain intangibl…

Agreed, juniors get a bad rap. Something that complicates the problem is that not all juniors are the same. Some juniors really just need to be shown the ropes and learn a few thin…

I think there are pragmatic reasons to care that extend beyond vanity. If I want Staff-level pay, responsibilities, and organizational influence I need to make it to Senior first. …

Oh man. That means I'm _so_ obsessed with my new title that I've gone meta and found a sneaky, disingenuous way to brag about it on HN. Thanks for pointing that out. I must have a …

Thanks for the charitable read. Yeah, it's not like the part of my personality I'm lamenting has just gone away ;) I did have a hard time writing this post because I'm not under th…

I agree, it feels like roles help the most by getting you through the recruiter and in front of a hiring manager. Which is unfortunate.

Thanks for sharing. Really impressive journey, congrats and nicely done. I touched on it a little bit in my post but yeah I can not overstate the role of luck, both "internal luck"…

Ha! It's funny I didn't notice that juxtaposition when I was writing it. Understandable take. One counterpoint I would offer (with no proof, so take it or leave it) is that what I …

Hope that person with the chest pain went to the doctor