Writing Stats
The archive as a map of long-running technical taste.
A quantitative view of the site: publishing cadence, topic weight, long-form depth, and the themes that keep showing up over time.
109Published pieces
106Essays
3TIL notes
47,191Total words
4hReading hours
24Featured posts
Cadence
Posts by year
Themes
Most written about topics
Timeline
Writing eras
2013Early Craft
20 posts
2014Early Craft
8 posts
2015Early Craft
4 posts
2016Full-Stack Growth
2 posts
2017Full-Stack Growth
1 post
2018Full-Stack Growth
3 posts
2019Systems & Leadership
6 posts
2020Systems & Leadership
3 posts
2022Principal Engineer
1 post
2023Principal Engineer
5 posts
2024Principal Engineer
15 posts
2025Open Source & AI
33 posts
2026Open Source & AI
8 posts
Depth
Longest essays
1,836 wordsDjango CMS Fellows & Community Annual Report 2025: A Year of Extraordinary Contributions1,659 wordsA Somewhat Sane Guide for Software Development1,414 wordsCoding principles every engineer should know1,356 wordsMy Open Source Contributions in 20251,350 wordsGo 1.25: Container-Aware Runtime, Experimental GC, and Developer Experience Enhancements
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