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Admitting Fault and the AITA? Reflex

A while back, I was having a conversation with a fellow engineering manager about a...

Posted by Matt on June 13, 2024 · 7 mins read

In Praise Of Logging (A Node.js/Javascript Logging Guide)

I often find myself leaving comments in pull requests about logging. Usually about adding logging...

Posted by Matt on February 23, 2023 · 38 mins read

We asked ChatGPT to architect our application and this is what happened

I opened up my laptop Monday morning and saw this email from the CEO:

Posted by Matt on February 03, 2023 · 7 mins read

I believe I can fly.io [A fly.io review]

I remember when I heard that Heroku was getting acquired by Salesforce - To say...

Posted by Matt on January 17, 2023 · 15 mins read

New Year, Refreshed Blog

I realized a while back that hosting my blog on Wordpress was doing me no...

Posted by Matt on January 15, 2023 · 1 min read

Why and how to create your own Mastodon server on AWS with Terraform

TL;DR: At my employer, DEPT® Agency, I updated and open-sourced Terraform scripts to bootstrap your...

Posted by Matt on December 19, 2022 · 14 mins read

Moving a Monolith

A while back, I spent about a year working on a team who wanted to...

Posted by Matt on March 28, 2022 · 13 mins read

Scaling Technical Teams

“How can I move faster?”

Posted by Matt on August 18, 2021 · 30 mins read

Having Kids Made Me A Better Developer

About 8 years ago, I started the biggest journey of my life: Having kids. Before...

Posted by Matt on April 22, 2021 · 5 mins read

Announcing My New Business

I’m happy to announce that I’ve started a new business. This is a side gig...

Posted by Matt on April 01, 2021 · 1 min read

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