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deofoo

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i build stuff, mostly software, mostly open-source, mostly working

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news.ycombinator.com 3mo ago

Claude –dangerously-skip-permissions –model Claude-Opus-4-5-20251101

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late.sh 3mo ago

Late.sh: Take a break, chat, chill, listen to music and play some games

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puemos.github.io 5mo ago

Show HN: Craftplan – Elixir-based micro-ERP for small-scale manufacturers

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github.com 5mo ago

Show HN: Craftplan – I built my wife a production management tool for her bakery

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github.com 6mo ago

Show HN: LaReview, local open-source CodeRabbit alternative

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github.com 6mo ago

Show HN: LaReview, Plan-first AI code review, runs locally, bring your own agent

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www.engstuff.dev 10mo ago

The Ripple Impact Grid: a simple way for senior ICs to scale mentorship

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orbit.love 2y ago

Maximising Efficiency with LLMs: Leveraging ChatGPT-3.5 vs. GPT-4

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news.ycombinator.com 2y ago

"Powered by AI" – Who cares?!

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anycursor.com 2y ago

Waiting List and Feedback Process with Tally.so

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cerebralab.com 3y ago

Imaginary problems are the root of bad software

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github.com 3y ago

Show HN: Browser extension template: Clean architecture, React and shadcn/UI:)

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newsletter.engstuff.xyz 4y ago

Bottom-up is not the only answer

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newsletter.engstuff.xyz 4y ago

Heuristics to Decide When It’s Time to Stop Designing and Start Coding

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engstuff.substack.com 4y ago

Engineering Managers’ Groups are a bad idea

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engstuff.substack.com 4y ago

Anti-Pattern: The EMs Group

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engstuff.substack.com 4y ago

Engineering Levels: A Case Study from Three Perspectives

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betterprogramming.pub 4y ago

How to Decide When It’s Time to Stop Designing and Start Coding

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puemos.medium.com 4y ago

Eng Managers, start setting expectations, it works like magic if done right

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chrome.google.com 6y ago

Show HN: I rewrote my Web Extension (70k users) with clean-architecture

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Elixir + Ash is so good, and AI works very well with it because it can understand the domain you are working in. LiveView is amazing, not just for internal tools. I would even say that in most cases it will outperform flashy UIs, because it focuses on actual users who work with the app every day, not people who just want to be impressed for a minute

The truth is that I put a lot of work in at the beginning to define the data structure and flows by myself. AI was very useful later to experiment with how to build the views on top of it and to fix some issues.

I still had to think hard about how to make this simple and easy for someone who does not have deep knowledge of this manufacturing domain.

*Lessons learned:*

  1. Data structure is almost everything, then comes business logic
  2. You must have deep domain knowledge of what you are building
  3. Iterate fast on the views built on top of the data structure

*PS*

All mobile fixed had been resolved and deployed ;)

Hope this helps anyone looking to scale their mentorship impact. The human dynamics side of engineering leadership is really tricky, we're trained to think in systems and predictable patterns, but people don't follow design specifications. Easy to underestimate how much leverage you're leaving on the table