Chris Vannoy
@chrisvannoy.com
Founder, Axiomatic Consulting. https://getaxiomatic.com
I help software engineers and organizations align to businesses to make happier engineers and organizations.
Also: Running, CFB (WVU), Indianapolis, mental health, Indy Hackers.
I help software engineers and organizations align to businesses to make happier engineers and organizations.
Also: Running, CFB (WVU), Indianapolis, mental health, Indy Hackers.
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Chris Vannoy
@chrisvannoy.com
· Nov 9
I worry I forgot how social media like this works.
Anyway. Hi!
Hope you’re having a great day.
Anyway. Hi!
Hope you’re having a great day.
This Sonder collapse is the sort of stuff my fledgling little business helps head off.
There was likely some very over-their-heads product and engineering folks involved in this and I feel for them.
Wish I could have helped.
www.cbsnews.com/news/sonder-...
There was likely some very over-their-heads product and engineering folks involved in this and I feel for them.
Wish I could have helped.
www.cbsnews.com/news/sonder-...
November 12, 2025 at 4:11 AM
This Sonder collapse is the sort of stuff my fledgling little business helps head off.
There was likely some very over-their-heads product and engineering folks involved in this and I feel for them.
Wish I could have helped.
www.cbsnews.com/news/sonder-...
There was likely some very over-their-heads product and engineering folks involved in this and I feel for them.
Wish I could have helped.
www.cbsnews.com/news/sonder-...
Hiya from Ypsilanti for Stop 43 in my quest to see a game at every FBS college.
Will try to channel my inner @sickoscommittee.org and last longer than a quarter.
Will try to channel my inner @sickoscommittee.org and last longer than a quarter.
November 8, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Hiya from Ypsilanti for Stop 43 in my quest to see a game at every FBS college.
Will try to channel my inner @sickoscommittee.org and last longer than a quarter.
Will try to channel my inner @sickoscommittee.org and last longer than a quarter.
First: The Grass Roots
Best: The Hives
Last: Aimee Mann / Jonathan Coulton
Best: The Hives
Last: Aimee Mann / Jonathan Coulton
What was your:
First Concert:
Best Concert:
Last Concert:
First Concert:
Best Concert:
Last Concert:
September 30, 2025 at 11:06 PM
First: The Grass Roots
Best: The Hives
Last: Aimee Mann / Jonathan Coulton
Best: The Hives
Last: Aimee Mann / Jonathan Coulton
I wrote about this bullshit once already and I don’t feel like editing it to say that Tylenol doesn’t cause autism, either.
micro.chrisvannoy.com/2025/04/16/h...
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Chris Vannoy | Hey, RFK, Jr.: Go fuck yourself.
I’m the proud parent of two kids on the Autism spectrum.
I love my kids. I love them as they are. I love the way they think. I love being a part of their lives.
And Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. can go fuck ...
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September 22, 2025 at 10:13 PM
I wrote about this bullshit once already and I don’t feel like editing it to say that Tylenol doesn’t cause autism, either.
micro.chrisvannoy.com/2025/04/16/h...
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So far today:
- Meal planned and groceries
- Replaced the flow valve in the kids’ toilet (daughter helped)
- Making sheet pan pizza
- Been vibe coding a new version of an app I built nearly a decade ago
Been a fun day.
- Meal planned and groceries
- Replaced the flow valve in the kids’ toilet (daughter helped)
- Making sheet pan pizza
- Been vibe coding a new version of an app I built nearly a decade ago
Been a fun day.
August 10, 2025 at 7:56 PM
So far today:
- Meal planned and groceries
- Replaced the flow valve in the kids’ toilet (daughter helped)
- Making sheet pan pizza
- Been vibe coding a new version of an app I built nearly a decade ago
Been a fun day.
- Meal planned and groceries
- Replaced the flow valve in the kids’ toilet (daughter helped)
- Making sheet pan pizza
- Been vibe coding a new version of an app I built nearly a decade ago
Been a fun day.
🧵 Writing code has always been the easy part of software engineering. With AI tools transforming the field, traditional coding challenges (LeetCode, whiteboard tests) are becoming even more useless than before. Time for a better approach to vetting engineers.
August 10, 2025 at 11:51 AM
🧵 Writing code has always been the easy part of software engineering. With AI tools transforming the field, traditional coding challenges (LeetCode, whiteboard tests) are becoming even more useless than before. Time for a better approach to vetting engineers.
Vetting software engineering candidates has always been broken - AI's just exposing that breakage at a rapid pace.
I created a better way years ago - inspired by elementary school, that's even better for the AI age: Show and Tell.
getaxiomatic.com/show-and-tel...
I created a better way years ago - inspired by elementary school, that's even better for the AI age: Show and Tell.
getaxiomatic.com/show-and-tel...
Show and Tell: A better way to vet software engineers - Axiomatic
Writing code has always been the easy part of a software engineering job. This has always been true, but it’s becoming more and more true as AI-based tools transform software engineering. This also me...
getaxiomatic.com
July 23, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Vetting software engineering candidates has always been broken - AI's just exposing that breakage at a rapid pace.
I created a better way years ago - inspired by elementary school, that's even better for the AI age: Show and Tell.
getaxiomatic.com/show-and-tel...
I created a better way years ago - inspired by elementary school, that's even better for the AI age: Show and Tell.
getaxiomatic.com/show-and-tel...
“Forward Deployed Engineer” is bullshit for “consultant.”
Like, at first I thought it was going to be a “get your engineers involved earlier in the process”, before being disappointed that it’s just AI-bro for consulting.
Like, at first I thought it was going to be a “get your engineers involved earlier in the process”, before being disappointed that it’s just AI-bro for consulting.
July 19, 2025 at 8:31 PM
“Forward Deployed Engineer” is bullshit for “consultant.”
Like, at first I thought it was going to be a “get your engineers involved earlier in the process”, before being disappointed that it’s just AI-bro for consulting.
Like, at first I thought it was going to be a “get your engineers involved earlier in the process”, before being disappointed that it’s just AI-bro for consulting.
Indiana: Sugar Cream Pie. Like, why eat an unflavored sweet soup in a sopping crust?
Everywhere else: Cherry Pie.
Everywhere else: Cherry Pie.
what's a traditional food of your people/culture that everyone else seems to love that you absolutely cannot stand?
for me it is vada pav. Vada is incredible, pav is fantastic, in combination they cancel each other out and become a black hole of anti-taste
for me it is vada pav. Vada is incredible, pav is fantastic, in combination they cancel each other out and become a black hole of anti-taste
July 5, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Indiana: Sugar Cream Pie. Like, why eat an unflavored sweet soup in a sopping crust?
Everywhere else: Cherry Pie.
Everywhere else: Cherry Pie.
I ran a half marathon yesterday - the Indy Mini.
I’m proud of the accomplishment, but find more value to know what I want out of running.
I run for fitness and fun, not for distance accomplishments.
I don’t need to run more than 10 miles again.
5k, 10k races are lighter and more fun for me.
I’m proud of the accomplishment, but find more value to know what I want out of running.
I run for fitness and fun, not for distance accomplishments.
I don’t need to run more than 10 miles again.
5k, 10k races are lighter and more fun for me.
May 4, 2025 at 5:15 PM
I ran a half marathon yesterday - the Indy Mini.
I’m proud of the accomplishment, but find more value to know what I want out of running.
I run for fitness and fun, not for distance accomplishments.
I don’t need to run more than 10 miles again.
5k, 10k races are lighter and more fun for me.
I’m proud of the accomplishment, but find more value to know what I want out of running.
I run for fitness and fun, not for distance accomplishments.
I don’t need to run more than 10 miles again.
5k, 10k races are lighter and more fun for me.
Hey, RFK, Jr.: Go fuck yourself.: https://micro.chrisvannoy.com/2025/04/16/hey-rfk-jr-go-fuck.html
April 17, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Hey, RFK, Jr.: Go fuck yourself.: https://micro.chrisvannoy.com/2025/04/16/hey-rfk-jr-go-fuck.html
I’ve been doing a thing over on LinkedIn each Monday where I go for a stroll and blather about a mental health topic for a minute or so.
Today’s topic: Success.
Today’s topic: Success.
March 10, 2025 at 7:47 PM
I’ve been doing a thing over on LinkedIn each Monday where I go for a stroll and blather about a mental health topic for a minute or so.
Today’s topic: Success.
Today’s topic: Success.
Stuff I like and am leaning into right now:
- St Vincent
- IDLES
- Yard Act
- Lots of trip-hop and downtempo
- Running
- Attending rallies and helping where I can
- Girl Scout cookies (Samoas & Thin Mints)
- Snack cheese
- Limited scrolling/news check-ins
- Writing (eventually!)
You?
- St Vincent
- IDLES
- Yard Act
- Lots of trip-hop and downtempo
- Running
- Attending rallies and helping where I can
- Girl Scout cookies (Samoas & Thin Mints)
- Snack cheese
- Limited scrolling/news check-ins
- Writing (eventually!)
You?
February 4, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Stuff I like and am leaning into right now:
- St Vincent
- IDLES
- Yard Act
- Lots of trip-hop and downtempo
- Running
- Attending rallies and helping where I can
- Girl Scout cookies (Samoas & Thin Mints)
- Snack cheese
- Limited scrolling/news check-ins
- Writing (eventually!)
You?
- St Vincent
- IDLES
- Yard Act
- Lots of trip-hop and downtempo
- Running
- Attending rallies and helping where I can
- Girl Scout cookies (Samoas & Thin Mints)
- Snack cheese
- Limited scrolling/news check-ins
- Writing (eventually!)
You?
Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers
Not familiar with the work, but that seems ominous as far as this goes.
Not familiar with the work, but that seems ominous as far as this goes.
Back to the Future for me. Lol. Surely true but not very helpful.
January 5, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers
Not familiar with the work, but that seems ominous as far as this goes.
Not familiar with the work, but that seems ominous as far as this goes.
Travel motto I picked up on my last trip:
There are no bad experiences, just good stories.
In other words, bad travel experiences tend to make for the best stories later on. Focus on the stories, not the shitiness, and you’ll have a better time.
There are no bad experiences, just good stories.
In other words, bad travel experiences tend to make for the best stories later on. Focus on the stories, not the shitiness, and you’ll have a better time.
December 30, 2024 at 10:33 PM
Travel motto I picked up on my last trip:
There are no bad experiences, just good stories.
In other words, bad travel experiences tend to make for the best stories later on. Focus on the stories, not the shitiness, and you’ll have a better time.
There are no bad experiences, just good stories.
In other words, bad travel experiences tend to make for the best stories later on. Focus on the stories, not the shitiness, and you’ll have a better time.
I have met chaos.
It’s the New Jersey Transit Terminal at Penn Station.
It’s the New Jersey Transit Terminal at Penn Station.
December 29, 2024 at 10:05 PM
I have met chaos.
It’s the New Jersey Transit Terminal at Penn Station.
It’s the New Jersey Transit Terminal at Penn Station.
To be honest, I’ve been struggling mentally for a while.
- New business doing typical new business peaks and valleys
- Waves arms at the state of the world
- Typical year-end crescendo of stress
Going to try and spend the waning days of 2024 resting and recharging.
Starting … now!
- New business doing typical new business peaks and valleys
- Waves arms at the state of the world
- Typical year-end crescendo of stress
Going to try and spend the waning days of 2024 resting and recharging.
Starting … now!
December 24, 2024 at 10:29 PM
To be honest, I’ve been struggling mentally for a while.
- New business doing typical new business peaks and valleys
- Waves arms at the state of the world
- Typical year-end crescendo of stress
Going to try and spend the waning days of 2024 resting and recharging.
Starting … now!
- New business doing typical new business peaks and valleys
- Waves arms at the state of the world
- Typical year-end crescendo of stress
Going to try and spend the waning days of 2024 resting and recharging.
Starting … now!
Software engineers solve problems for a living.
If you don’t give them interesting problems and leave them bored, they’ll manufacture their own.
Then you end up with Kubernetes, React, things of that nature.
And that’s the _best_ case.
If you don’t give them interesting problems and leave them bored, they’ll manufacture their own.
Then you end up with Kubernetes, React, things of that nature.
And that’s the _best_ case.
December 15, 2024 at 4:07 PM
Software engineers solve problems for a living.
If you don’t give them interesting problems and leave them bored, they’ll manufacture their own.
Then you end up with Kubernetes, React, things of that nature.
And that’s the _best_ case.
If you don’t give them interesting problems and leave them bored, they’ll manufacture their own.
Then you end up with Kubernetes, React, things of that nature.
And that’s the _best_ case.
I just want WVU to go into the last game of the season still in the hunt for the Big 12 title game!
_monkey’s paw curls_
_monkey’s paw curls_
November 25, 2024 at 10:14 PM
I just want WVU to go into the last game of the season still in the hunt for the Big 12 title game!
_monkey’s paw curls_
_monkey’s paw curls_
Home after Stop 39 on my quest to see a game at every FBS school.
And it was a fun one! 41-38 Oregon State to win the Pac-2 championship over Washington State.
Beav fans were super friendly, Corvallis is a fun town, and I love the sound of chainsaws now.
And it was a fun one! 41-38 Oregon State to win the Pac-2 championship over Washington State.
Beav fans were super friendly, Corvallis is a fun town, and I love the sound of chainsaws now.
November 24, 2024 at 7:36 PM
Home after Stop 39 on my quest to see a game at every FBS school.
And it was a fun one! 41-38 Oregon State to win the Pac-2 championship over Washington State.
Beav fans were super friendly, Corvallis is a fun town, and I love the sound of chainsaws now.
And it was a fun one! 41-38 Oregon State to win the Pac-2 championship over Washington State.
Beav fans were super friendly, Corvallis is a fun town, and I love the sound of chainsaws now.
Big day today!
I’ve been devoting time every week to writing, sometimes for the blog and sometimes for books and courses.
Today, I finally released the first of those books: a guide to managing outsourced software development.
stan.store/GetAxiomatic
I’ve been devoting time every week to writing, sometimes for the blog and sometimes for books and courses.
Today, I finally released the first of those books: a guide to managing outsourced software development.
stan.store/GetAxiomatic
@GetAxiomatic
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November 19, 2024 at 4:54 PM
Big day today!
I’ve been devoting time every week to writing, sometimes for the blog and sometimes for books and courses.
Today, I finally released the first of those books: a guide to managing outsourced software development.
stan.store/GetAxiomatic
I’ve been devoting time every week to writing, sometimes for the blog and sometimes for books and courses.
Today, I finally released the first of those books: a guide to managing outsourced software development.
stan.store/GetAxiomatic
Going to be attending Washington State at Oregon State this weekend.
Looks like I might have a couple of hours pregame in either Portland or Corvallis on the off chance somebody here wants me to swing by (or has a tailgate I can crash).
Stop 39 on my quest to attend a game at every FBS.
Looks like I might have a couple of hours pregame in either Portland or Corvallis on the off chance somebody here wants me to swing by (or has a tailgate I can crash).
Stop 39 on my quest to attend a game at every FBS.
November 18, 2024 at 6:02 PM
Going to be attending Washington State at Oregon State this weekend.
Looks like I might have a couple of hours pregame in either Portland or Corvallis on the off chance somebody here wants me to swing by (or has a tailgate I can crash).
Stop 39 on my quest to attend a game at every FBS.
Looks like I might have a couple of hours pregame in either Portland or Corvallis on the off chance somebody here wants me to swing by (or has a tailgate I can crash).
Stop 39 on my quest to attend a game at every FBS.
Hi there.
So, was I right about Friday? Was it awesome for ya?
I’m sitting here in Hinkle Fieldhouse, soaking in the atmosphere.
Not a bad end to my Friday.
Hope your’s was great, too.
So, was I right about Friday? Was it awesome for ya?
I’m sitting here in Hinkle Fieldhouse, soaking in the atmosphere.
Not a bad end to my Friday.
Hope your’s was great, too.
November 16, 2024 at 2:13 AM
Hi there.
So, was I right about Friday? Was it awesome for ya?
I’m sitting here in Hinkle Fieldhouse, soaking in the atmosphere.
Not a bad end to my Friday.
Hope your’s was great, too.
So, was I right about Friday? Was it awesome for ya?
I’m sitting here in Hinkle Fieldhouse, soaking in the atmosphere.
Not a bad end to my Friday.
Hope your’s was great, too.