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01Amor Fati: Why You Shouldn't Regret AnythingOn Nietzsche's eternal recurrence, the Zen farmer parable, and why every decision you made was the right one. A framework for letting go of regret.March 7, 202502Why Software Estimates Are UselessEstimates become deadlines, deadlines create overwork, overwork produces bad software. The #NoEstimates case from experience leading teams at Volkswagen's EV charging network.February 10, 202503After 10+ Years of Coding, I Rediscovered the MagicHow integrating AI tools like Claude and Cursor into my development workflow took me from 10x to 100x productivity, and brought back the joy of building.December 15, 202404Five Things That Will Give Your Startup an Unfair Competitive AdvantageEngineering practices that make startups fast: focus, customer centricity, team empowerment, boring technology, and modern software practices.September 10, 202405Game Days: How to Prepare Engineers for Production IncidentsHow we organized Game Days for 51 engineers at Elli (Volkswagen Group), uncovering 59 infrastructure issues and building a culture of operational readiness.June 20, 2024