Software Engineering - Joachim Zeelmaekers

When Code Outpaces the Systems Around It Mar 30, 2026 · 7 min read AI can help write the code. The harder part is everything after: review, tests, approvals, and ownership.
How AI Changed My Workflow as a Software Engineer Mar 9, 2026 · 5 min read AI tools changed my workflow fast, but the real lesson was simpler: build for flexibility, resilience, and task-fit instead of chasing peak capability.
Career Growth Is Not a Meeting You Attend Mar 2, 2026 · 5 min read One-on-ones and development plans only work when you treat them as objectives, not calendar events.
Rebuilding My Blog From the Ground Up Feb 23, 2026 · 5 min read Leaving Ghost for Astro and Cloudflare Pages: owning my blog stack
The Cost Of Keeping What You Should Remove Feb 16, 2026 · 4 min read Every product accumulates features that cost more to keep than they are worth. Here's why keeping them is the most expensive form of laziness.
What Code Reviews Actually Teach Us Feb 9, 2026 · 6 min read A reflection on why code reviews matter, why they feel personal, and how they protect teams from costly mistakes.
Commitment Without Agreement: What Great Teams Understand Feb 2, 2026 · 5 min read The best engineering teams share four traits: full commitment to decisions, separating ideas from identity, pragmatic judgment, and informed captains.
Revisiting: Clean Up Your Code by Applying These 7 Rules Jan 20, 2026 · 4 min read A reflection on clean code, five years later. What still holds up, what feels incomplete, and how experience changed how I think about cleanup.
Architecture Without Constraints Is Just Speculation Jan 13, 2026 · 4 min read Over-engineering early products slows development and increases costs long before scale becomes real.
A More Practical Way for Developers to Learn Algorithms Jan 5, 2026 · 7 min read Many developers assume performance is for specialists. Stacksmith lets you learn and experience how algorithmic choices impact every language.
Respecting What Came Before Dec 30, 2025 · 4 min read A reflection on old code, missing context, and the importance of understanding past decisions in software development.
The First 5 Years as a Software Engineer Aug 17, 2023 · 6 min read I'll take you through "the good, the bad, and the ugly" of what I experienced in the first 5 years of my career.