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Brian Corbin
WRITES CODE*
& grows engineers.

* since he got his Commodore 64, and hasn't stopped.
Brian Corbin
CODING IS DEAD. LONG LIVE ENGINEERING! ✳ LEARNING OUT LOUD ✳ REAL-TIME SYSTEMS ✳ TRADE, PORTFOLIO & RISK ✳ LOW-LATENCY AT SCALE ✳ AGENTIC ENGINEERING ✳ ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT ✳ CODING IS DEAD. LONG LIVE ENGINEERING! ✳ LEARNING OUT LOUD ✳ REAL-TIME SYSTEMS ✳ TRADE, PORTFOLIO & RISK ✳ LOW-LATENCY AT SCALE ✳ AGENTIC ENGINEERING ✳ ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT ✳
01
OVER-ENGINEERING TIC-TAC-TOE

Road to JDK 25. Six parts. Minimax → MCTS. Absurd on purpose.

02
BIG BYTES, INTENSIVE IO

Volume + velocity. Big data moved fast, measured honestly.

03
7 SYMPATHIES — THE MANIFESTO

Seven sympathies, one thesis. Read it. →

GRAPH_VIEW.SVG58 NOTES →

Graph View

EVERY NOTE LINKS ITS NEIGHBOURS. MIND THE RABBIT HOLE.
Field notes — hotel workspace, Chicago
FIELD_NOTES / 01WRITTEN ON THE ROAD
Field notes — hotel room at night
FIELD_NOTES / 02THINKING HAPPENS ELSEWHERE
2025-11a Week in the Life of an Engineering Lead#LEADERSHIP2025-09I think I need more coffee!#MUSING2026-08Bytes, AI, Ollama, Large language models on the command line#BYTES2026-08Bytes, AI, LLM, Large language models on the command line#BYTES2026-08The Library#EVERGREEN
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