Good Tech Things

When everybody's down, nobody is

you want a take about the AWS outage? fine, here's a take

Oct 23 • 

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August 2025

Harsh truths to save you from ChatGPT psychosis

Please pass this on to that one family member who needs it

Aug 14 • 

Forrest Brazeal

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February 2025

Breaking some huge personal news

This is the biggest news I have ever put in this newsletter

Feb 7 • 

Forrest Brazeal

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January 2025

I'm glad I took the off-ramp from software engineering

A letter to my very stupid 22-year-old self

Jan 22 • 

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Notes on Nix

They helped me. Maybe they will help you.

Jan 20 • 

Forrest Brazeal

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Why are tech people suddenly so into homeschooling?

I have my suspicions

Jan 14 • 

Forrest Brazeal

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December 2024

What hath AWS wrought?

thoughts on a very, very strange re:Invent

Dec 10, 2024 • 

Forrest Brazeal

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November 2024

The case against living in the Bay Area, for ambitious tech people

come on, man

Nov 22, 2024 • 

Forrest Brazeal

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October 2024

Tech the Heck? Archera

I warned you this would be a recurring feature

Oct 15, 2024 • 

Forrest Brazeal

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September 2024

Knowledge Worker

Of all the creative work I've done, I think I'm most proud of this.

Sep 18, 2024 • 

Forrest Brazeal

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August 2024

The death of the [modified] developer

It's not just juniors who've had their career yanked out from under them by AI.

Aug 30, 2024 • 

Forrest Brazeal

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July 2024

The end of the Everything Cloud

Why is AWS deprecating a bunch of services all of a sudden, and what does it mean for you?

Jul 30, 2024 • 

Forrest Brazeal

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