Robert Roskam's Newsletter

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4 meta principles for software engineering

Tests improve your future code

Why writing is an engineering superpower

Ways to say no

100% test coverage is not enough

Text is the universal interface

Why Skill Acquisition is Hard

Why would you want GraphQL

Why You Should Upgrade Laptops Regularly

Why that AI tool didn't 10x your work

Software should do one thing well

Why the Second System Effect traps so many

Why isn't blitzscaling working anymore?

Why does Kubernetes exist?

Why you should do less, quit faster, iterate

How to Sanely Test Complex Systems

A love letter to Git

How to Gather Product Requirements

How small insights unlock progress

Why you need to revisit decisions

Why You Need to Start Somewhere

The Ghost Ship Project

Why software engineering is trade offs

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