HotfixHero articles - 65 total
Vibe Coding: When AI Turns Your Crap into a Tsunami—and Multiplies It
Let’s get real: AI isn’t your enlightened sidekick—it’s a statistically supercharged parrot. It...
Why “Works on My Machine” Should Be a Jira Status
There are two constants in software development: Deadlines that make no sense The phrase “works on...
The Agile Manifesto is 24 Years Old — Time to Pull the Plug?
The Agile Manifesto is now old enough to rent a car, complain about “kids these days,” and still...
Confessions of a Code Necromancer: Raising Your Worst Legacy-App from the Dead
You’re staring at a tar-pit of an app. The README ends with “Abandon all hope, ye who enter here” and...
Your Code Is a Houseplant: Why Most Projects Would Die Without Code Reviews
Let’s get something straight: your code is not a majestic redwood. It’s a houseplant. A needy, fickle...
The Empathy Hotfix: Why Tech Needs Feelings
Let me be clear: I’m not your therapist. I’m not going to light a candle and ask how your Jira board...
Will AI Agents Kill APIs and iPaaS? (Spoiler: They’ve Already Started Digging the Grave)
Let’s face it: developers have spent the last 20 years building a giant house of cards made of REST...
The Great Software Estimation Delusion: Why We’re Always Wrong
Ah, software estimation. The fine art of confidently guessing how long something will take, being...
Your Code Is a Houseplant: Why Most Projects Would Die Without Code Reviews
Let’s get something straight: your code is not a majestic redwood. It’s a houseplant. A needy, fickle...
Locked In and Loving It (Sort Of)
Locked In and Loving It (Sort Of) You ever wake up one day and realize your app stack looks like a...
From CRUD to Borg: The Evolution of Enterprise Systems (and Your Sanity)
Why your app is no longer just an app—it’s training to replace you There are levels to this...
10 Coding Modes You’ll Experience (and Probably Regret)
Not all coding is created equal. Some days you’re a wizard slinging spells in Flow Coding mode. Other...
Rowing team dev fail
Once upon a sprint planning session, a product owner told me a tale that should be carved into the...
DevSecTestArchMonFinOps: The Final Form of DevOps
Remember when "DevOps" meant something? You know, back when it was just developers and operations...
function()` vs `()=>`: When Code Clarity Beats Cleverness
If you’re sprinkling arrow functions everywhere like confetti, you might be part of the...
Product Owners: The MVPs or the MIA?
Ah yes, the Product Owner. The mythical creature who’s supposed to bridge the gap between "what the...
Strong Typing is a Security Blanket for Weak Developers
Let’s get something out of the way: strong typing didn’t make your code safer, smarter, or more...
The Real CI/CD Pipeline Is Held Together by Slack Messages and Panic
Let’s kill the fantasy: your “CI/CD pipeline” isn’t a well-oiled machine—it’s a duct-taped Rube...
The Art of Naming Variables: From x to Existential Crisis
There are only two hard problems in computer science: cache invalidation, naming things, and...
Pair Programming with Myself at 3AM: A Psychological Thriller
It’s 3:00 AM. The glow of VS Code reflects off my hollow, sleep-deprived eyes. Everyone else is...
Tariffs, Toolchains, and Tech Debt: Why Blocking the Flow Never Ends Well
Nothing screams “I don’t understand how systems work” quite like someone slapping artificial...
“Async vs. Sync: The Dysfunctional Love Triangle in Your Codebase”
There are only two types of devs in the world: Those who misuse async/await like it’s going out of...
April 1st: The Nuclear Pranks Only Real Developers Will Respect (and Regret)
April 1st. The one day where all the Agile, DevOps, and Security Best Practices™ you proudly post...
Debugging: The Five Stages of Grief
Debugging is a journey—a painful, soul-crushing journey that no developer escapes. It starts with...
The Most Useless Features You’ve Ever Built (And Why It Happened)
Every developer, at some point, has built a feature so useless, so completely unnecessary, that...
Why Every Tech Interview Feels Like an Episode of ‘Survivor’
Welcome to the modern tech interview, where the weak are eliminated, the strong barely survive, and...
The Overengineer’s Handbook: How to Build a Rocket to Toast Bread
Every dev team has at least one Overengineer™—the brilliant mind who can turn a simple task into a...
The Intersection of Art and Code: How Creativity Shapes Software Development
Most people think of coding as a purely logical, analytical pursuit—a land of ones and zeros,...
The Role of Storytelling in User Experience Design
Good UX design isn’t just about making things usable—it’s about making them memorable. And what’s the...
Mindfulness and Coding: Techniques to Enhance Focus and Reduce Stress
Let’s be honest—most developers have the attention span of a goldfish on caffeine. Between Slack...