Basta’s Notes
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| Platform |  | Pricing | Only free issues | Publishes | Weekly |
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The imminent risk of vibe coding
A few months ago I was noticing a dramatic uptick in the amount of Cursor-y code1 we were seeing go up for review on the repo I help oversee. The problem, really, is that the code had a distinct set of smells to it, but it was really tricky...
Code reviews
If I could go back in time ten years and give myself career advice, I’d say this: “Get better at code reviews.”
This should go without saying. Code reviews are important. Lazy or ineffective code reviews are how you end up with a codebase...
Apologies and forgiveness
Since last year, I’ve been thinking about writing a series of posts about things you’ve been (maybe) doing wrong this whole time. There’s a few that I think could probably be done with a short video or even a GIF, since it’s mostly stuff li...
Doing versus Delegating
One of the most common things that I discuss with folks when talking about promotions or career progression is delegation. Without exception, engineering orgs want to see folks with Staff+ titles to be showing leadership. That’s been baked...
My friend, JT
I’ve had a cat for almost a third of my life. JT1, my first little buddy, means more to me than the overwhelming majority of relationships in my life. Last month I thought to myself, why haven’t I written about him? He’s at the top of my mi...
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