The Friction Is A Feature, Not A Bug: Teaching and Mentoring in the Age of AI
What happens to junior developers when we outsource the Socratic method to an LLM? A reflection on AI yes-men, Chavrusa learning, and whether prompt engineer...
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reflections
Hold Your Horses: A 200-Year-Old Lesson on AI
Is AI a magic wand or a useless toy? Here is what a 200-year-old Chassidic story taught me about steering the AI hype and learning to ride the horse.
Job-Interview Etiquette Isn’t Just for the Applicants
A while back I started a discussion around employers ghosting, or otherwise disrespecting candidates during the hiring process:
Infinite loop
The programmer’s roommate texted them:
I’m Yechiel, and I’m not an ally.
Every year since I joined dev.to I always got excited when march came around. The flood of #shecoded stories in my feed is always prompts in me feelings of i...
Have You Been “Ghosted” By An Employer?
A recent Washington Post article claims that millennials are increasingly ghosting their employers. Meaning, they just leave for a new job without telling an...
torah-tech
Hold Your Horses: A 200-Year-Old Lesson on AI
Is AI a magic wand or a useless toy? Here is what a 200-year-old Chassidic story taught me about steering the AI hype and learning to ride the horse.
learning
The Friction Is A Feature, Not A Bug: Teaching and Mentoring in the Age of AI
What happens to junior developers when we outsource the Socratic method to an LLM? A reflection on AI yes-men, Chavrusa learning, and whether prompt engineer...
My Favorite Bash Tips, Tricks, and Shortcuts
If you’re on DEV, chances are you spend at least some time in the terminal, maybe even a lot of time.
These lifehacks will change the way you write Markdown!
If you’re a developer, chances are you’ve come across markdown editors before (whether you know it or not).
Writing Your First Browser Extension Tutorial - Part 2
This tutorial is based on a workshop I gave at the Codeland conference in NYC in 2019.
Writing Your First Browser Extension Tutorial - Part 1
This tutorial is based on a workshop I gave at the Codeland conference in NYC in 2019.
writing
The Strange Case of Migrating My Blog to Jekyll
After years of splitting content between Medium and DEV, I finally moved everything to a self-hosted, version-controlled Jekyll site. Here is the why, the ho...
Who’s Going To RubyConf 2026?
Will I be seeing you in Vegas this year?
These lifehacks will change the way you write Markdown!
If you’re a developer, chances are you’ve come across markdown editors before (whether you know it or not).
I’m Yechiel, and I’m not an ally.
Every year since I joined dev.to I always got excited when march came around. The flood of #shecoded stories in my feed is always prompts in me feelings of i...
ruby
The Strange Case of Migrating My Blog to Jekyll
After years of splitting content between Medium and DEV, I finally moved everything to a self-hosted, version-controlled Jekyll site. Here is the why, the ho...
Who’s Going To RubyConf 2026?
Will I be seeing you in Vegas this year?
Part 2: Add A Dead-Man’s Switch To A Rails Application
Ah Yes, Where Were We?
Part 1: Adding A Dead-Man’s Switch To A Rails Application
Content Warning The subject of this post is a bit morbid and deals with contemplating our mortality. If that upsets you, feel free to skip the introduction a...
Automating Google Form Submission In Ruby
Like many children around the country, my kids started school this week.
Add SMS Notifications to Your Rails App Using Twilio
Anyone living in NYC with a car knows the pain that is Alternate Side Parking rules. There’s the need to always to be conscious of which side of the street y...
productivity
My Favorite Bash Tips, Tricks, and Shortcuts
If you’re on DEV, chances are you spend at least some time in the terminal, maybe even a lot of time.
These lifehacks will change the way you write Markdown!
If you’re a developer, chances are you’ve come across markdown editors before (whether you know it or not).
tutorial
Shipping Your Machine: Building a Container in 50 Lines of Code (Part 2)
Learn about the fascinating world of Linux containers by building one from scratch.
Shipping Your Machine: Building a Container in 50 Lines of Code (Part 1)
Learn about the fascinating world of Linux containers by building one from scratch.
My Favorite Bash Tips, Tricks, and Shortcuts
If you’re on DEV, chances are you spend at least some time in the terminal, maybe even a lot of time.
Part 2: Add A Dead-Man’s Switch To A Rails Application
Ah Yes, Where Were We?
Part 1: Adding A Dead-Man’s Switch To A Rails Application
Content Warning The subject of this post is a bit morbid and deals with contemplating our mortality. If that upsets you, feel free to skip the introduction a...
Automating Google Form Submission In Ruby
Like many children around the country, my kids started school this week.
Writing Your First Browser Extension Tutorial - Part 2
This tutorial is based on a workshop I gave at the Codeland conference in NYC in 2019.
Writing Your First Browser Extension Tutorial - Part 1
This tutorial is based on a workshop I gave at the Codeland conference in NYC in 2019.
Add SMS Notifications to Your Rails App Using Twilio
Anyone living in NYC with a car knows the pain that is Alternate Side Parking rules. There’s the need to always to be conscious of which side of the street y...
career
Job-Interview Etiquette Isn’t Just for the Applicants
A while back I started a discussion around employers ghosting, or otherwise disrespecting candidates during the hiring process:
Have You Been “Ghosted” By An Employer?
A recent Washington Post article claims that millennials are increasingly ghosting their employers. Meaning, they just leave for a new job without telling an...
rails
Part 2: Add A Dead-Man’s Switch To A Rails Application
Ah Yes, Where Were We?
Part 1: Adding A Dead-Man’s Switch To A Rails Application
Content Warning The subject of this post is a bit morbid and deals with contemplating our mortality. If that upsets you, feel free to skip the introduction a...
Add SMS Notifications to Your Rails App Using Twilio
Anyone living in NYC with a car knows the pain that is Alternate Side Parking rules. There’s the need to always to be conscious of which side of the street y...
interviewing
Job-Interview Etiquette Isn’t Just for the Applicants
A while back I started a discussion around employers ghosting, or otherwise disrespecting candidates during the hiring process:
Have You Been “Ghosted” By An Employer?
A recent Washington Post article claims that millennials are increasingly ghosting their employers. Meaning, they just leave for a new job without telling an...
twilio
Part 2: Add A Dead-Man’s Switch To A Rails Application
Ah Yes, Where Were We?
Part 1: Adding A Dead-Man’s Switch To A Rails Application
Content Warning The subject of this post is a bit morbid and deals with contemplating our mortality. If that upsets you, feel free to skip the introduction a...
Add SMS Notifications to Your Rails App Using Twilio
Anyone living in NYC with a car knows the pain that is Alternate Side Parking rules. There’s the need to always to be conscious of which side of the street y...
mentorship
The Friction Is A Feature, Not A Bug: Teaching and Mentoring in the Age of AI
What happens to junior developers when we outsource the Socratic method to an LLM? A reflection on AI yes-men, Chavrusa learning, and whether prompt engineer...
javascript
Writing Your First Browser Extension Tutorial - Part 2
This tutorial is based on a workshop I gave at the Codeland conference in NYC in 2019.
Writing Your First Browser Extension Tutorial - Part 1
This tutorial is based on a workshop I gave at the Codeland conference in NYC in 2019.
command-line
Shipping Your Machine: Building a Container in 50 Lines of Code (Part 2)
Learn about the fascinating world of Linux containers by building one from scratch.
Shipping Your Machine: Building a Container in 50 Lines of Code (Part 1)
Learn about the fascinating world of Linux containers by building one from scratch.
My Favorite Bash Tips, Tricks, and Shortcuts
If you’re on DEV, chances are you spend at least some time in the terminal, maybe even a lot of time.
Automating Google Form Submission In Ruby
Like many children around the country, my kids started school this week.
ai
The Friction Is A Feature, Not A Bug: Teaching and Mentoring in the Age of AI
What happens to junior developers when we outsource the Socratic method to an LLM? A reflection on AI yes-men, Chavrusa learning, and whether prompt engineer...
Hold Your Horses: A 200-Year-Old Lesson on AI
Is AI a magic wand or a useless toy? Here is what a 200-year-old Chassidic story taught me about steering the AI hype and learning to ride the horse.
open-source
Back to Top ↑conferences
Who’s Going To RubyConf 2026?
Will I be seeing you in Vegas this year?
bots
Back to Top ↑browser-extensions
Writing Your First Browser Extension Tutorial - Part 2
This tutorial is based on a workshop I gave at the Codeland conference in NYC in 2019.
Writing Your First Browser Extension Tutorial - Part 1
This tutorial is based on a workshop I gave at the Codeland conference in NYC in 2019.
sinatra
Back to Top ↑containers
Shipping Your Machine: Building a Container in 50 Lines of Code (Part 2)
Learn about the fascinating world of Linux containers by building one from scratch.
Shipping Your Machine: Building a Container in 50 Lines of Code (Part 1)
Learn about the fascinating world of Linux containers by building one from scratch.
go
Shipping Your Machine: Building a Container in 50 Lines of Code (Part 2)
Learn about the fascinating world of Linux containers by building one from scratch.
Shipping Your Machine: Building a Container in 50 Lines of Code (Part 1)
Learn about the fascinating world of Linux containers by building one from scratch.
python
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kotlin
Back to Top ↑jekyll
The Strange Case of Migrating My Blog to Jekyll
After years of splitting content between Medium and DEV, I finally moved everything to a self-hosted, version-controlled Jekyll site. Here is the why, the ho...
blogging
The Strange Case of Migrating My Blog to Jekyll
After years of splitting content between Medium and DEV, I finally moved everything to a self-hosted, version-controlled Jekyll site. Here is the why, the ho...