Five writers, five sharp takes worth your time. Jason Willems argues the tech monoculture is cracking. Don Ho delivers bad news for Notepad++ users. Tailscale's Avery Pennarun wrote a downtime apology that sets a new bar for engineering accountability.
Milan Milanović makes the case that 4 hours is the hard ceiling on productive coding per day. Addy Osmani tackles comprehension debt, the specific cognitive cost of leaning on AI to write code you no longer fully understand.
The Pennarun apology alone is worth the read for how it handles technical honesty under pressure. The Osmani piece is required reading for anyone who has shipped AI-generated code and moved on. Hosted by Jerod Santo on Changelog.
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