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🎧 Recorded a new morning walk this morning, hard one to share because I'm sure people will want to roast me for it but have been transparent up until now so publishing it anyways. pic.twitter.com/lslaLp2gtf — Adam Wathan (@adamwathan) January 7, 2026

AGI Won’t Kill Software Engineering — It Will Expose What Engineering Really Is

AGI Won’t Kill Software Engineering — It Will Expose What Engineering Really Is

When Productivity Outpaces Joy: The Quiet Trade-Off of Coding With AI Agents

When Productivity Outpaces Joy: The Quiet Trade-Off of Coding With AI Agents

Git Cherry-Picking: Precision Control Over Your Commit History

Git Cherry-Picking: Precision Control Over Your Commit History

Merkle Trees: The Invisible Backbone of Fast, Reliable Change Detection

Merkle Trees: The Invisible Backbone of Fast, Reliable Change Detection

When npm install Fails with “Invalid Version”

When npm install Fails with “Invalid Version”

Keeping SSH Sessions Alive: A Practical Guide to Preventing Unexpected Timeouts

Keeping SSH Sessions Alive: A Practical Guide to Preventing Unexpected Timeouts

JavaScript

When npm install Fails with “Invalid Version”

When npm install Fails with “Invalid Version”

Understanding package-lock.json, Hidden Traps, and How to Fix Them Properly

Mastering setTimeout and setInterval in JavaScript: The Complete Beginner’s Guide to Timers and Scheduling

Mastering setTimeout and setInterval in JavaScript: The Complete Beginner’s Guide to Timers and Scheduling

ESLint: The Silent Guardian of Your JavaScript Code

ESLint: The Silent Guardian of Your JavaScript Code

Mastering JavaScript Concurrency: Promise.all vs Promise.allSettled

Mastering JavaScript Concurrency: Promise.all vs Promise.allSettled

Why instanceof is Not the Reliable Type Check You Think It Is

Why instanceof is Not the Reliable Type Check You Think It Is

Why instanceof Promise Is Not a Reliable Check in JavaScript

Why instanceof Promise Is Not a Reliable Check in JavaScript

Measuring Progress with Percentages in JavaScript: A Practical Guide

Measuring Progress with Percentages in JavaScript: A Practical Guide

PHP

When PHP 8.4 Says “Deprecated: Creation of Dynamic Property” — What It Means and How to Fix It

When PHP 8.4 Says “Deprecated: Creation of Dynamic Property” — What It Means and How to Fix It

Upgrading to PHP 8.4 brings a wave of performance improvements and cleaner language features. But along with that comes one of the most commonly encountered warnings developers now see: Deprecated: Creation of dynamic property SomeClass::$propertyName is deprecated. If you’re seeing messages like this across your project — especially

Mastering array_slice() in PHP: The Ultimate Guide for Developers

Mastering array_slice() in PHP: The Ultimate Guide for Developers

Understanding and Fixing “Allowed Memory Size Exhausted” in Laravel: A Complete Guide for Developers

Understanding and Fixing “Allowed Memory Size Exhausted” in Laravel: A Complete Guide for Developers

Navigating Type Safety in Go When Working with JWTs and JSON

Navigating Type Safety in Go When Working with JWTs and JSON

Unlocking the Power of preg_replace_callback_array() in PHP

Unlocking the Power of preg_replace_callback_array() in PHP

Mastering PHP’s Null Coalescing Operator in Everyday Development

Mastering PHP’s Null Coalescing Operator in Everyday Development

Sorting Strings in PHP the Right Way: Why Locale Matters

Sorting Strings in PHP the Right Way: Why Locale Matters

Software Engineering

Software Engineers Are Not Paid to Write Code — They’re Paid to Solve Problems

Software Engineers Are Not Paid to Write Code — They’re Paid to Solve Problems

There’s a common misconception in the tech world — especially among junior developers — that the value of a software engineer lies in how much code they can write, how many languages they know, or how many frameworks they can list on their résumé. But the truth is much simpler — and

Writing Better Software Requirements with EARS (Easy Approach to Requirements Syntax)

Writing Better Software Requirements with EARS (Easy Approach to Requirements Syntax)

Tree Shaking vs Dead Code Elimination: What Every Developer Should Know

Tree Shaking vs Dead Code Elimination: What Every Developer Should Know

The Software Development Triumvirate: How Front-End, Back-End, and Project Management Drive Success

The Software Development Triumvirate: How Front-End, Back-End, and Project Management Drive Success

The Terminology Trap: Software Engineering Words That Confuse Developers and Architects

The Terminology Trap: Software Engineering Words That Confuse Developers and Architects

How to Minimize Software Regression Without Automated Testing

How to Minimize Software Regression Without Automated Testing

Duck Typing: Why Behavior Sometimes Matters More Than Type

Duck Typing: Why Behavior Sometimes Matters More Than Type

Wisdom

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Game Changer vs. DNA: Understanding the Technologies That Truly Reshaped Development

Finding Your Ikigai: The Art of Living with Purpose and Balance

IQ 150? Here's What You Can Really Do With It

Mastering the Controllables: A Ruthless Pursuit of Truth and Discipline

“Am I Still a Beginner?” — Who Decides and What Really Matters

Artificial Intelligence

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AGI Won’t Kill Software Engineering — It Will Expose What Engineering Really Is

When Productivity Outpaces Joy: The Quiet Trade-Off of Coding With AI Agents

The Illusion of Spec-Driven Mastery — Why Strong Fundamentals Still Win in the Age of AI

Vibe Coding vs. AI-Assisted Engineering: Why Words Matter in the Age of AI Development

LMArena: The Global Battleground for AI Language Models

Linux

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How to List Only Today’s Files in Linux: A Practical and Complete Guide

Understanding the Cron Expression /10 * * *: A Practical Guide for Developers and System Administrators

Understanding Linux Package Managers: Why apt, apk, yum, and Others Exist

Understanding ls -lL in Linux: Following Symlinks with Clarity

Measuring Directory Size in Linux: A Complete Guide