Issue 184 · published every Sunday
The signal in the tech noise.
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The big story
One deep dive on the week's most important shift — written by humans, no AI slop.
02
Five sharp links
Curated reads with a one-line take from me on why each matters.
03
Tool of the week
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04
The quiet section
A short note on engineering craft — leadership, taste, focus. The slow stuff.
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Hi, I'm Marcus. I've been writing software for 15 years — currently a principal engineer at a mid-stage startup, formerly at GitHub and Heroku.
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