Jeff Bailey

Have you ever worked with someone who leaves confusion everywhere they go?

Introduction Imagine an AI that approves a second refund on the same order.

Lima enables you to run a Linux machine on your Mac for free.

Quick Start: This guide gets you writing Mermaid diagrams that render on GitHub in about 15 minutes.

When Docker altered Docker Desktop licensing in 2021, teams received emails from procurement to stop using it or buy seats.

Run kubectl get pods in a Kubernetes cluster with Istio installed, and every application pod shows 2/2 containers.

Introduction Every if statement relies on ideas humans learn before talking.

I just got off a 27-minute call trying to understand and fix a credit card decline problem with my Flexible Spending Account (FSA), not to be confused with my Health Savings Account (HSA).

Introduction Why does “it works on my machine” stop being an excuse the moment a team adopts containers?

Most claims about how to build software are opinions wearing the costume of fact.

Introduction A team spends three weeks debating whether to use PostgreSQL or MongoDB.

Introduction Someone on r/dataengineering asked if there’s a standard for modern data architecture.

Introduction Most data teams hit the same wall.

A new paradigm is emerging in the age of AI-led software development.

Quick Start: Learn five mental models that cover every HTTP response, then read live codes with curl.

I admit it: I’m an operating system addict.

You have read what a knowledge graph is.

Most data starts as rows in tables: customers, orders, tickets.

The interviews are done.

Two senior engineers argued for an hour over a bug.

Open a mature codebase and grep for Customer.

Your job as a software engineer in 2026 differs from 2020, beyond just using chat tools.

Most social networks use a single database with an app, storing usernames, posts, algorithms, moderation rules, and HTML within the same company.

The pattern The team is three weeks away from shipping.

Prerequisites This guide assumes: Familiarity with Conway’s Law.

Prerequisites This guide assumes: Familiarity with Conway’s Law.

Prerequisites This guide assumes: Familiarity with Conway’s Law.

Prerequisites This guide assumes: Familiarity with Conway’s Law.

Prerequisites This guide assumes: Familiarity with Conway’s Law.

Conway’s Law is the observation that systems mirror the communication structures of the teams that build them.