Maxime
@digital-minds.bsky.social
Tech lead sharing stories at the edge of burnout, brilliance, and broken processes.
Longer writing -> https://loopofthought.substack.com/
Longer writing -> https://loopofthought.substack.com/
Nothing screams "we’re mature now" like hiring your first SRE to translate vibes into incident reports.
January 9, 2026 at 7:26 PM
Nothing screams "we’re mature now" like hiring your first SRE to translate vibes into incident reports.
If AI can replace the work you loved, either it was never very hard, or you stopped pushing it somewhere interesting.
January 9, 2026 at 10:37 AM
If AI can replace the work you loved, either it was never very hard, or you stopped pushing it somewhere interesting.
Turns out “being useful to AI” isn’t a sustainable business model.
January 8, 2026 at 3:42 PM
Turns out “being useful to AI” isn’t a sustainable business model.
AI is great at answers.
Software engineering is mostly about knowing which questions you’re afraid to ask.
Software engineering is mostly about knowing which questions you’re afraid to ask.
January 8, 2026 at 11:44 AM
AI is great at answers.
Software engineering is mostly about knowing which questions you’re afraid to ask.
Software engineering is mostly about knowing which questions you’re afraid to ask.
Most “AI replaced my job” stories are really “I was doing glue work and didn’t realize it”.
If your value was stitching libraries together, the stitching got cheaper.
If your value was stitching libraries together, the stitching got cheaper.
January 7, 2026 at 9:41 PM
Most “AI replaced my job” stories are really “I was doing glue work and didn’t realize it”.
If your value was stitching libraries together, the stitching got cheaper.
If your value was stitching libraries together, the stitching got cheaper.
If you’re worried AI will replace you, look at what you do all day.
If it’s tickets with copy-paste patterns, yeah. If it’s ownership, reliability, and decision-making, you’re probably still underpaid.
If it’s tickets with copy-paste patterns, yeah. If it’s ownership, reliability, and decision-making, you’re probably still underpaid.
January 7, 2026 at 4:12 PM
If you’re worried AI will replace you, look at what you do all day.
If it’s tickets with copy-paste patterns, yeah. If it’s ownership, reliability, and decision-making, you’re probably still underpaid.
If it’s tickets with copy-paste patterns, yeah. If it’s ownership, reliability, and decision-making, you’re probably still underpaid.
Everyone pretends this part is precise and rational.
It gets spreadsheets, confidence, and a lot of nodding.
None of that survives contact with reality.
It gets spreadsheets, confidence, and a lot of nodding.
None of that survives contact with reality.
December 26, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Everyone pretends this part is precise and rational.
It gets spreadsheets, confidence, and a lot of nodding.
None of that survives contact with reality.
It gets spreadsheets, confidence, and a lot of nodding.
None of that survives contact with reality.
If this feels familiar, you’ve shipped software.
December 17, 2025 at 1:53 PM
If this feels familiar, you’ve shipped software.
How Every Refactor Goes
March 16, 2025 at 4:32 PM
How Every Refactor Goes
The 6 Phases of Learning a New Tech Stack
March 15, 2025 at 12:57 PM
The 6 Phases of Learning a New Tech Stack
How Every Dev Interview Feels
March 13, 2025 at 3:57 PM
How Every Dev Interview Feels
The cycle repeats. The codebase rots. The rewrite is inevitable.
March 12, 2025 at 4:13 PM
The cycle repeats. The codebase rots. The rewrite is inevitable.
Lifecycle of a Web Request
March 11, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Lifecycle of a Web Request
How Browsers Render a Web Page
March 10, 2025 at 11:43 AM
How Browsers Render a Web Page