A place for a pragmatic software engineer to get on his soapbox about startups, leadership, and a variety of software development topics.https://jamoser.com/https://jamoser.com/blog/ai-isnt-a-stable-building-block/https://jamoser.com/blog/ai-isnt-a-stable-building-block/How AI technology is moving so fast, it's hard to keep upFri, 08 Mar 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://jamoser.com/blog/becoming-a-beginner-again/https://jamoser.com/blog/becoming-a-beginner-again/I still have a lot to learnFri, 03 May 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://jamoser.com/blog/bootstrapped-expectations/https://jamoser.com/blog/bootstrapped-expectations/Building software with less pressureThu, 17 Oct 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://jamoser.com/blog/can-anyone-multi-task/https://jamoser.com/blog/can-anyone-multi-task/Context switching is a focus killerSun, 18 Sep 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://jamoser.com/blog/consistency-is-key/https://jamoser.com/blog/consistency-is-key/Wed, 25 May 2022 00:00:00 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software developmentMon, 27 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://jamoser.com/blog/focus-is-a-commodity/https://jamoser.com/blog/focus-is-a-commodity/And you should safeguard yoursTue, 08 Oct 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://jamoser.com/blog/fight-for-the-users/https://jamoser.com/blog/fight-for-the-users/Thu, 12 May 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://jamoser.com/blog/full-stack-overflow/https://jamoser.com/blog/full-stack-overflow/Why every engineer should be full-stackFri, 02 Feb 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://jamoser.com/blog/i-hate-data-migrations/https://jamoser.com/blog/i-hate-data-migrations/Yet, I can still love data problemsSun, 11 Dec 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://jamoser.com/blog/i-tried-github-copilot/https://jamoser.com/blog/i-tried-github-copilot/An experienced developer's perspective on using AI for writing codeThu, 15 Feb 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://jamoser.com/blog/iteration-vs-planning/https://jamoser.com/blog/iteration-vs-planning/It's all about tradeoffsSun, 22 Jan 2023 00:00:00 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GMThttps://jamoser.com/blog/the-long-tail-of-innovation/https://jamoser.com/blog/the-long-tail-of-innovation/When do we know the impact innovation has on society?Thu, 06 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://jamoser.com/blog/the-small-things-matter/https://jamoser.com/blog/the-small-things-matter/How you handle small things is a leading indicatorThu, 11 Apr 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://jamoser.com/blog/the-universal-language/https://jamoser.com/blog/the-universal-language/How programming languages unite the worldSun, 05 Feb 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://jamoser.com/blog/theres-a-forest-in-the-trees/https://jamoser.com/blog/theres-a-forest-in-the-trees/Mon, 02 May 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://jamoser.com/blog/through-your-users-eyes/https://jamoser.com/blog/through-your-users-eyes/Yep, we're talking about usability againTue, 10 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://jamoser.com/blog/transparency/https://jamoser.com/blog/transparency/Mon, 25 Apr 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://jamoser.com/blog/web3-what-i-know-so-far/https://jamoser.com/blog/web3-what-i-know-so-far/How what I know tells me I know nothingSun, 31 Jul 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://jamoser.com/blog/you-are-building-a-communication/https://jamoser.com/blog/you-are-building-a-communication/Disagree? Read this and let me know why Sun, 06 Aug 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://jamoser.com/blog/markdown-style-guide/https://jamoser.com/blog/markdown-style-guide/Here is a sample of some basic Markdown syntax that can be used when writing Markdown content in Astro.Wed, 19 Jun 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://jamoser.com/blog/you-want-bugs-in-your-app/https://jamoser.com/blog/you-want-bugs-in-your-app/How to find out what features you don't needThu, 18 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://jamoser.com/blog/your-bug-reports-suck/https://jamoser.com/blog/your-bug-reports-suck/But here are some tips to make them slightly betterThu, 25 Apr 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://jamoser.com/blog/your-estimates-are-wrong/https://jamoser.com/blog/your-estimates-are-wrong/Estimation is a part of your job, right?Thu, 16 Feb 2023 00:00:00 GMT