Mastery over Hype

Monthly insights on Python, Rust, and AI for developers who value deep work over shallow trends. Lessons from real-world projects, coaching, and the realistic struggle of building quality software.

Once a month I sit down, open Vim, and digest my notes into an email. The kind I'd like to receive from a fellow developer. Not a content funnel.

What's in this monthly email?

  • Patterns I keep flagging in code reviews, with before/after examples
  • Honest takes on AI tooling: what's actually useful, what's hype
  • Quotes from books I'm reading (Fowler, Uncle Bob, Ousterhout, but also productivity work from people like Cal Newport)
  • What students in the cohorts are shipping, and what they're commonly struggling with
  • An open invite to reply with what's on your mind: questions, pushback, ideas

Want to see what it actually reads like first? Here's a recent issue: Don't delegate the friction.

One email a month. Unsubscribe anytime.

By signing up, you'll also get my The Zen of Python in Code Review guide: 19 lessons from coaching more than 150 developers, what each line of import this looks like in real code, each with a before/after example. More guides planned for later this year.

Let's grow together and build software that lasts.

  • Bob