Matt Hogg FYI Essays

It’s very easy to obsess (and then burnout) during a job search.

There’s something about reckless “AI” use, and vibe coding in particular, that’s bothered me for reasons I’ve never quite been able to put my finger on until now.

Most everyone finds writing to be challenging (especially those who say they enjoy it).

This essay is half of a 2-part series about ego, empathy, and humility for developers and technical leaders.

This essay is half of a 2-part series about ego, empathy, and humility for developers and technical leaders.

We all want to do awesome things and make an impact at work.

This trend of using sparkles (✨) as the visual metaphor when slapping “AI” onto our products has been bothering me lately.

This README is an attempt to succinctly explain who I am, how I work, and my personality quirks.

Meetings aren’t evil in and of themselves.

This essay is adapted from a lightning talk that I originally presented to coworkers in 2019.

Countless technical interviews are conducted every day that are little more than theatrical self-sabotage for everyone involved.

This essay has been adapted from a lightning talk that I originally presented to coworkers in 2019.

In web development it’s a common trope that working with legacy code is considered boring, painful, or even beneath us.

This is an updated version of an essay that I originally published on the Rangle.io blog.