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When the CTO Asks You to Use Autocomplete

When the CTO Asks You to Use Autocomplete

When companies publicly announce on LinkedIn that they're embracing AI, what are they actually doing internally? Are they replacing developers with agentic AI that swarms through code, debugging errors and deploying fixes? Are they parsing business requirements, accessing repos, building features, and deploying them before the 9am standup? For outside observers, it's hard to tell. But as a developer, I can assure you there's often a disconnect between what a CTO says and how the day-to-day workflow is actually affected.

How to Write Simple Software

How to Write Simple Software

Every time I join a new company, I wonder how their code ends up becoming so complex. You’ll see an application that is supposed to do a simple task turn into a monstrosity that everyone is afraid to update. Writing simple software is often the goal, but somehow we go astray. Tl;dr: Dedicate significant time to refinement *without* adding new features.

What Does It Really Mean to Be an AI Skeptic?

What Does It Really Mean to Be an AI Skeptic?

So, I call myself an AI skeptic. But honestly? It's more accurate to say I’m a technology skeptic in general. Before you picture me churning butter by candlelight, boycotting smartphones, or mailing handwritten letters, let me clarify: skepticism isn’t rejection. It’s a pause, a thoughtful question: Does this actually solve a real problem, or is it just the latest shiny new hype cycle?

Keeping track of Terms and Conditions

Keeping track of Terms and Conditions

How many terms and conditions did you agree to today? If you're like most people, you probably signed up for a website and clicked "I agree" without reading a single word. We all do it. Yet, what if these documents we collectively ignore are actually legally binding and could be used against you in court?

Building Castles in the Drive

Building Castles in the Drive

In The Expanse, humanity’s sprawling interplanetary empire rests on a single, elegant piece of fiction: the Epstein Drive. This miracle engine effortlessly defies physics, allowing ships to accelerate continuously, cross the solar system in mere days, and make far-flung Ceres as accessible as a commuter suburb. The show’s true genius lies in its grounded illusion: it layers the Drive with convincing jargon, detailed specs, and plausible limitations ("the Tori models can’t sustain 5G burns for more than 12 hours"). You’re genuinely tempted to believe it because the entire world feels engineered, not simply dreamed up.

Bryant Gumbel Was Right

Bryant Gumbel Was Right

Remember Bryant Gumbel? Back in the mid-90s, as the digital world began its explosive growth, the then-Today Show co-host famously dismissed the internet as a passing fad. "I'm online, and I think it's a fad," he declared, suggesting we'd all soon forget about it. History, of course, seems to have mocked him. The internet is now the bedrock of modern life.

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The Machine Fired Me

The Machine Fired Me

It was 7am when my phone rang. Instead of an alarm, it was my recruiter disturbing me from a pleasant dream. It was too early for a phone call or to be caught off guard, so I did not answer. I went to take a shower and get ready for the day. On my way to work, I listened to the voice mail she had left.

Download a file from the command line in Windows

Download a file from the command line in Windows

As a Linux user, I can't help but spend most of my time on the command line. Not that the GUI is not efficient, but there are things that are simply faster to do with the keyboard.

I use Zip Bombs to Protect my Server

I use Zip Bombs to Protect my Server

The majority of the traffic on the web is from bots. For the most part, these bots are used to discover new content. These are RSS Feed readers, search engines crawling your content, or nowadays AI bots crawling content to power LLMs. But then there are the malicious bots. These are from spammers, content scrapers or hackers. At my old employer, a bot discovered a wordpress vulnerability and inserted a malicious script into our server. It then turned the machine into a botnet used for DDOS. One of my first websites was yanked off of Google search entirely due to bots generating spam. At some point, I had to find a way to protect myself from these bots. That's when I started using zip bombs.

Just Fired

a book by Ibrahim Diallo

After the explosive reception of my story, The Machine Fired Me, I set out to write a book to tell the before and after.

I started as a minimum wage laborer in Los Angeles and I set out to reach the top of the echelon in Silicon Valley. Every time I made a step forward, I was greeted with the harsh changing reality of the modern work space.

Getting fired is no longer reserved to those who mess up. Instead, it's a popular company strategy to decrease expenses and increase productivity.

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Every little corner has a story. Sometimes a camera tells the story and a picture is worth a thousand words.

There are professional photographers and then there is me who happens to have a camera on my phone. Here's to what came out.