Startup Diaries
Mar 4, 2026
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7 min read
I don’t want my haters to become my waiters. I want them to sit down with me at the table of success.
Coding questions
+1
Feb 25, 2026
9 min read
Common patterns from candidate feedback on a live coding interview
Jan 27, 2026
12 min read
And rather than complaining about them, you should read this to understand why companies ask them and why it is worth your time to study them
Jan 22, 2026
11 min read
No. Please stop asking me this. But if you must know why, read this blog post
Build in public
Jan 19, 2026
13 min read
Two months into my engineering hiring startup journey: a personal account of mindset shifts, entrepreneurial challenges, and learning by doing.
Jan 3, 2026
Eng Hiring LLC is different and here is how
Software engineer hiring
Dec 3, 2025
How you look, where you look, and where you don't look
Nov 4, 2025
5 min read
Aug 25, 2025
A personal anecdote from the distant past
Jul 21, 2025
Now with more code!
Jul 13, 2025
10 min read
And succeeds in building it but fails in other ways
Jul 8, 2025
15 min read
The step-by-step process I use to write a backend / generalist software engineering coding question. ChatGPT-resistant. See every pitfall and pivot.
