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Will LeetCode rounds be gone by October 2027?

No. But they're losing their monopoly, and the round that replaces them tests a different skill. Here's the evidence, my odds for the next year, and how I'd split prep time.

Oct 15, 202610 min#interviews#leetcode#hiring#ai#careers
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I'm building a code editor with agents. Here's how the first three days went.

Helm is a Rust code editor that agents write and I review. Three days in, there's no window yet, but there's a text core, 297 passing tests and a CI setup built to stop agents from cheating.

Oct 15, 202611 min#helm#rust#editors#agents#ai
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Windows is the worst OS for developers

Windows is fine if you want to be a consumer. Linux is for people who want to actually own their machine.

Jan 29, 20261 min#linux#windows#opinion
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"The layout can still be tight. The buttons can still be good. The sentences have to come from a person who has actually been in the room."

a note to myself