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May 10, 2026
AI Populism is a Builder's Problem
platform-engineering · engineering-leadership · leadership
5 min
May 8, 2026
Building Cloud From Zero: Five Decisions That Compounded and Three I’d Redo
cloud-strategy · platform-engineering · engineering-leadership
15 min
May 6, 2026
AI Did Not Configure My Network. It Helped Me Understand It.
ai-strategy · claude-code · networking
15 min
April 30, 2026
Spec, Standards, Specialists: How I Actually Build with AI
ai-coding · engineering-leadership · claude-code
25 min
April 25, 2026
Claude Code Is a Build System, Not a Chatbot
ai-coding · engineering-leadership · claude-code
18 min
April 18, 2026
I Built a Design System in Two Hours. Figma, We Should Talk.
ai-strategy · design · engineering-leadership
5 min

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Vinny Carpenter

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October 20, 2025#software-engineering

The Art of Enough: Why Minimalism Matters in Software Engineering

Software gets slower faster than hardware gets faster. Exploring Wirth's Law and why real progress might not be about adding more, but mastering the art of enough.

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