design

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WritingMay 2026·4 min read

Designing for the Second User

Every piece of software has two users: the person who will use it now, and the person who will maintain it later. Often that second person is you, six months from now. Writing for them changes everything.

WritingMar 2026·4 min read

Honest Software

Software that is honest about what it is doing, what it costs, and what it cannot do is rarer than it should be. A few notes on what that looks like in practice.

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