Michael Bensoussan
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Michael Bensoussan
@michaelbens.bsky.social
VP of Engineering at Getaround but opinions are mine.
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EV sales in Europe: up 38%

Tesla sales in Europe: down 45.2%

Breathe it in folks, breathe it innnnnnnnnnnnn

www.reuters.com/business/aut...
a man with long hair is sitting in the driver 's seat of a truck with his eyes closed .
Alt: a man with long hair stepping out of a bus, closing his eyes and enjoying the wind in his hair (from con air)
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February 25, 2025 at 2:52 PM
With Getaround US closing shop, wanted to write down my takes on global eng teams so future me remembers not to fuck around with 9h time zones again 💀 (unless I really know what I'm signing up for)
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The Hidden Costs of Running a Global Engineering Team and Recipes for Mitigation - Michael Bensoussan – Engineering & Leadership
Time zones kill engineering velocity in ways that aren’t obvious until you’re stuck with them. Drawing from real experience managing teams across US and European time zones, I break down the hidden co...
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February 16, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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I want to write a post about Pitchfork, but before I can get to that I need to share some thoughts.

I suspect this one may be more controversial than the optimizing JSON series 😅.

byroot.github.io/ruby/perform...
The Mythical IO-Bound Rails App
When the topic of Rails performance comes up, it is commonplace to hear that the database is the bottleneck, so Rails applications are IO-bound anyway, hence Ruby performance doesn’t matter that much,...
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January 23, 2025 at 11:48 AM
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I often see developers make mistakes in their tutorials that trip up readers, so I thought a lot about what makes some tutorials effective and what makes others frustrating.
Rules for Writing Software Tutorials
It's easier than you think to write an exceptional software tutorial. You can stand out in a sea of mediocre guides by following a few simple rules.
refactoringenglish.com
January 2, 2025 at 3:18 PM
I’m here. That’s the post.
November 19, 2024 at 11:28 PM