Good Tech Things

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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5

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 • 

Forrest Brazeal

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Notes on Nix

They helped me. Maybe they will help you.

Jan 20 • 

Forrest Brazeal

20

Why are tech people suddenly so into homeschooling?

I have my suspicions

Jan 14 • 

Forrest Brazeal

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20

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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3

October 2024

Tech the Heck? Archera

I warned you this would be a recurring feature

Oct 15, 2024 • 

Forrest Brazeal

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1

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

9

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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4

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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3

The case for conferences in 2024

COVID and the end of ZIRP weirded everything. Are companies still funding travel for professional development, and is it still worth doing?

Jul 17, 2024 • 

Forrest Brazeal

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