Hi, I’m Nick

I’m a terrible writer. Always have been. I have plenty of opinions and things I want to say, but the moment I try to put them into sentences, it comes out like a ransom note assembled by someone who skipped every English class. So yes — I use AI to write these posts. Before you close the tab: every word on this blog has been read by me. Every sentence reflects what I actually think. Nothing gets published that I don’t agree with, and nothing gets twisted into something I didn’t mean. I’m not outsourcing my opinions, I’m outsourcing the part where I make them readable. ...

Most software interview methods were shaky even before AI showed up. Now the weak ones are just easier to game. If somebody can paste your take-home into a model and send back a polished answer, that tells you almost nothing. If they can grind through a whiteboard problem they memorized from LeetCode, that also tells you almost nothing. So my process is simple: get people talking about real work, then pay attention. ...