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Boxes, Arrows, and Ambiguity
Inside the quiet panic of system design interviews, and how to make sense of it.
 • Daniel Kirschner
LeetCode vs. Reality: Why Coding Interviews Are Stuck in 2010
AI has rewritten how engineers work, but somehow, not how we get hired. Here’s why the old rituals persist, and how to prepare for the new ones.
 • Daniel Kirschner
Trust Comes from the Sherpa
From Code Monkey to Context Sherpa: how AI is reshaping the role of the software engineer from solo climber to group tour guide.
 • Daniel Kirschner
The Real UX Behind Every AI Tool Isn’t Intelligence - It's Trust
From Assistance to Autopilot: Why AI Products Rise or Fall on Trust
 • Daniel Kirschner
Not Quite Software
LLMs aren’t apps, APIs, or assistants - and the metaphors we use to talk about software are breaking down
 • Daniel Kirschner
Shifting the Blocks: How AI is Changing Developer Abstractions
From tab-completion tweaks to entire features: four practical ways AI reshapes software engineering today.
 • Daniel Kirschner
Build Better AI Prompts: The 6 Blocks Every Engineer Should Know
Simple blocks, repeatable structure, and feedback from the AI peanut gallery.
 • Daniel Kirschner
Sudo Synthesis
Sudo Synthesis
Sudo Synthesis by Daniel Kirschner distills cutting-edge AI breakthroughs into crystal-clear code recipes and explorations. No jargon, just pure insights for developers and tinkerers of every skill level.
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