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AI Skill - Papercuts Coding Task
I’m starting a little mini series on this newsletter on AI skills I find useful in my day to day.
Sep 26
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Ben Wong
Empathy in Engineering
A decade ago I wrote about empathy because I believed it was critical to engineers and that developing it was important.
Sep 19
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Ben Wong
Can AI solve this?
Somebody describes a painful manual process.
Sep 12
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Ben Wong
A Father's Change
Father’s Day has me reflecting on how I’ve changed as a person since I became a father, I’ve definitely picked up some traits that could help me at…
Sep 5
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Ben Wong
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August 2026
Technical Leadership - The Art of Decision Making
Most engineers believe technical leadership is about having the best answer.
Aug 30
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Ben Wong
Where AI Helps Me Most (It's Not the Code)
As a principal engineer, a lot of my time is spent outside and around the code.
Aug 23
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Ben Wong
You are not behind
The AI adoption discourse has gotten a bit out of hand.
Aug 16
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Ben Wong
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Welcome to No Shortcuts
Software engineering is going through something.
Aug 8
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Ben Wong
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