https://www.sympatheticengineering.com en Last 10 notes on Sympathetic Engineering Quartz -- quartz.jzhao.xyz https://www.sympatheticengineering.com/Library/03-Resources/Awesome-Engineering,-Management https://www.sympatheticengineering.com/Library/03-Resources/Awesome-Engineering,-Management Personally curated and opinionated collection of awesome engineering management books and links the productive 10X lead by Brian Corbin. Thu, 01 Oct 2026 05:54:52 GMT https://www.sympatheticengineering.com/Library/03-Resources/Awesome-Engineering https://www.sympatheticengineering.com/Library/03-Resources/Awesome-Engineering Personally curated and opinionated collection of awesome engineering, coding and setup links & useful some snippets for the productive 10X engineer by Brian Corbin ... Thu, 01 Oct 2026 05:54:52 GMT https://www.sympatheticengineering.com/Library/03-Resources/Engineering-at-Scale---Leading-a-Tribe-Without-Micromanaging-It https://www.sympatheticengineering.com/Library/03-Resources/Engineering-at-Scale---Leading-a-Tribe-Without-Micromanaging-It Three AI-written briefs a day: a practical guide on how to stay accountable for a tribe without dragging every decision up to you. Wed, 30 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://www.sympatheticengineering.com/Library/03-Resources/Bytes,-AI,-Llama.cpp,-Local-coding-agent-on-Windows-with-OpenCode https://www.sympatheticengineering.com/Library/03-Resources/Bytes,-AI,-Llama.cpp,-Local-coding-agent-on-Windows-with-OpenCode What? llama.cpp is a dependency-free C/C++ inference engine for running open-weight LLMs locally in the GGUF format. Its llama-server exposes an OpenAI-compatible API on localhost, which means any tool that speaks the OpenAI protocol — including the OpenCode terminal coding agent — can drive a model running entirely on your own GPU. Sun, 13 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://www.sympatheticengineering.com/Library/03-Resources/Musings,-Engineer---No-Way-Home https://www.sympatheticengineering.com/Library/03-Resources/Musings,-Engineer---No-Way-Home Just the thoughts of an engineer trying to get back home. Fri, 28 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://www.sympatheticengineering.com/Library/03-Resources/Musings,-The-Uncomfortable-Inevitability-of-Change https://www.sympatheticengineering.com/Library/03-Resources/Musings,-The-Uncomfortable-Inevitability-of-Change Change is invevitable. Hard at first, messy in the middle, and gorgeous at the end. Thu, 27 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://www.sympatheticengineering.com/Library/03-Resources/Bytes,-Just,-Command-Runner https://www.sympatheticengineering.com/Library/03-Resources/Bytes,-Just,-Command-Runner just is a command runner — make's ergonomics without make's build semantics. Project commands that document themselves. Sun, 23 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://www.sympatheticengineering.com/Library/03-Resources/The-Library https://www.sympatheticengineering.com/Library/03-Resources/The-Library A collection of past reads and listens that have shaped my thinking — books and podcasts I’ve moved on from but still recommend. Books The Generous Leader by Joe Davis — 7 Ways to Give of Yourself for Everyone’s Gain Engineering Craft Curated in Awesome Engineering. Mon, 27 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://www.sympatheticengineering.com/Library/03-Resources/Bytes,-AI,-Claude-Code,-Adding-LSPs https://www.sympatheticengineering.com/Library/03-Resources/Bytes,-AI,-Claude-Code,-Adding-LSPs What? LSP (Language Server Protocol) integration gives Claude Code access to real-time diagnostics, type information, and code intelligence from language servers - the same ones ... Sat, 11 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://www.sympatheticengineering.com/Library/03-Resources/Bytes,-AI,-Claude-Code,-Skills https://www.sympatheticengineering.com/Library/03-Resources/Bytes,-AI,-Claude-Code,-Skills What? Skills are custom slash commands for Claude Code. They follow the Agent Skills open standard (agentskills.io) and give Claude detailed playbooks for specific tasks — code review, deployment, commit workflows, etc. Sat, 11 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT