On 14 April 1994, two United States F-15s shot down two United States Blackhawk helicopters in the clear skies of northern Iraq while both flights were controlled by the same AWACS. How could this have happened? Scott Snook wrote a book about it. I read that book.

all pleasant tech interviews are alike; each unpleasant tech interview is unpleasant in its own way.

Hey Claude, I need to build a bridge.

Once again, I used my job's learning and development stipend to purchase some books. The second I finished in 2026 is Exit, Voice, and Loyalty: Responses to Decline in Firms, Organizations, and States by Albert O. Hirschman.

I just finished reading Brian Merchant's Blood in the Machine. I'd received many glowing recommendations of it from other workers in tech, and frankly, my opinion of those recommenders has fallen a bit. But I do think it's worth reading, despite its flaws.