Vimson Varghese

Technical Team Lead, Software Engineer

[Cory House @housecor]

I'm seeing team leads under immense pressure.

Why? Because AI decoupled effort from output.

Developers can create giant PRs in a few minutes. But that code may take hours to vet, test, fix, and review.

In 2024, bad developers were easy to spot. They produced little code, or struggled to write code that even ran.

In 2026, bad developers can use AI to quickly generate tons of code they don't understand. It seems okay at a glance, but contains subtle problems and fundamental issues that are hard to spot.

"The energy needed to refute nonsense is an order of magnitude bigger than the energy needed to produce it."

-Brandolini's law (aka the bullshit asymmetry principle)

[Vimson Varghese @vimson]

@GitKraken Anyone else having issues with the v11.10.0 update? Every time I open the app, memory usage spikes to 100%. It’s basically unusable right now. Help!

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Wise words from a recent interview with @geoffreyhinton, one of the smartest people in the world regarding AI

[dax @thdxr]

benefit of hiring junior engs is they can be molded into what works well for your team

benefit of hiring experienced engs is they can run on their own

problem with mid-level is they don't have enough experience to be independent but enough to have opinions

this is you btw

[Adam Grant @AdamMGrant]

Toxic cultures exploit generosity. Takers impose extra work on givers, and no good deed goes unpunished.

Healthy cultures reward generosity. People protect givers from takers, and cream rises to the top.

Helpfulness is not a weakness to target. It's a strength to safeguard.

[Siwat Kaolueng @jameperjerz]

What do you think?

[Fascinating @fasc1nate]

Birds are fed by their parents in their infancy. When the time comes to feed themselves, there can be some confusion when the food does not go into their mouth by itself.

[Harsh Mariwala @hcmariwala]

“You are the sky. Everything else is just the weather.” —Pema Chodron

[Allen Holub. https://linkedIn.com/in/allenholub @allenholub]

When the "stakeholders" control the work, the company will probably fail. You cannot succeed when politics, force, and power trumps skill & customer input. Without customers, there is no company. Without skilled workers who make their own decisions, there is no company.

[Tawanda Nyahuye👨‍💻 @towernter]

Learning programming following a video tutorial

[Douglas A. Boneparth @dougboneparth]

Remember, people can’t use you if you’re useless.

[David Walsh @davidwalshblog]

Almost 20 years as a professional software engineer.

[dax @thdxr]

a painting by rembrandt of desperate men waiting for cloudformation

[Vala Afshar @ValaAfshar]

“It will never get easier, handle hard better.”

—@karalawson20, head coach of the Duke Blue Devils women's basketball team (@DukeWBB)

[Allen Holub. https://linkedIn.com/in/allenholub @allenholub]

When people say they can estimate accurately, here's what usually happens:

1) You make a wild-ass guess, often after weeks of careful analysis.

2) You know you're probably wrong, so you add padding, sometimes as much as 10x, depending on risk. 1/3

[rahul @0interestrates]

ironically sums up the culture at google

[Ankit | MVP | GDE @ankitsharma_007]

Tech Twitter is an amazing place.

18-20 yrs old kids who have never raised a single PR to any public GitHub repo are writing threads on "How to start open source contribution"?

[Wealth Inc @WealthInc247]

Psychology says, break your people-pleasing habit before it breaks you.

[Gergely Orosz @GergelyOrosz]

Startup: We barely get any applicants for our job ad. Any advice?

Me: can I see the job advert?

So, here's a tip. You're asking for 15 different "must haves". Let's take a look at how many things Stripe asks for: not even half.

Which job would you apply for?