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Thoughts on Marginal Token Spend

Notes on token spend and the developing shape of SWE spending. »

Tokenmaxxing is Goodharting

Token leaderboards make token consumption a bad metric. »

Feature Flagging at Databricks

Reflections on building SAFE, Databricks’ internal feature flagging platform. »

2025 in Review

2025 in review. »

On Not Running While Injured

Running injuries and routines. »

Software Engineering in 2026

Shifting bottlenecks after a year of dramatic improvement in the quality of AI-generated code. »

Watches

Quartz, mechanical, and otherwise. »

Notes from Early Flight Training

Mnemonics, enjoying being a beginner, and the Pacific Northwest from the sky. »

On (and Contra) Chalmers on LLM Interlocutors

Thoughts on David Chalmers’ recent paper on LLM interlocutors. »

My Favorite Books of 2023-2025

The books I read in 2023-2025 that I most enjoyed. »

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