Career Security for Software Engineers

REMOTE WORK: DREAM, FREEDOM, OR SOMETHING ELSE?

Remote work gave me something far more valuable than a shorter commute. It gave me time with family, the freedom to live in places that inspired me, and a new perspective on my career. But it also brought isolation, blurred boundaries, and unexpected challenges. Here's what years of working remotely as a software engineer taught me about using freedom...

I STILL LOVE BUILDING UI BY HAND. BUT MY WAY OF WORKING HAS CHANGED.

I still love building UI by hand. That part of frontend engineering hasn't changed. What has changed is everything that happens before I write a single line of code. Over the past year, I've shifted from jumping straight into implementation to working spec-first: planning, breaking work into small reviewable pieces, and letting AI handle much of the execution...