Brain Bytes

The $10,000-Per-Minute Mistake That Taught Me Real Engineering

Why writing code and building systems are two completely different things

Oct 7 • 

Eric Roby

7

September 2025

Stop Being a Perfect Programmer

How to build faster by letting go

Sep 30 • 

Eric Roby

6

2

I Wasted 100 Hours on This Problem (Here's What I Learned)

Why I Should Have Used AWS SES from Day One

Sep 23 • 

Eric Roby

4

2

Why the World Is Switching to Python

How a 30-year-old language became the most popular programming language in the world

Sep 16 • 

Eric Roby

3

1

THIS is SLOWING Down your Backend Engineering Growth

How perfectionism is killing your productivity and what to do about it

Sep 9 • 

Eric Roby

4

1

7 Hard-Learned Lessons from 10 Years of Backend Engineering

What I wish I knew when I started building systems that millions of people use

Sep 2 • 

Eric Roby

5

August 2025

From Software Engineer to Product Engineer: Why I Changed My Title

The mindset shift that's changing how great engineers think about their work

Aug 26 • 

Eric Roby

7

Should You Still Learn to Code in 2025? 11 Honest Rules

A software engineer's talk on learning to code when everyone says AI will replace developers

Aug 19 • 

Eric Roby

6

VS Code vs Kiro vs Cursor: The Best Code Editor for Backend Engineers (2025)

After 8 months of building APIs with AI, here's what actually works

Aug 12 • 

Eric Roby

3

How I Use Claude Code to Build Faster as a Backend Engineer

Claude Code has changed my workflow

Aug 5 • 

Eric Roby

8

July 2025

5 Career Lessons I Wish I Knew as a Software Engineer in My 20s

5.5 min read / Lessons that all new software engineers will want to know

Jul 26 • 

Eric Roby

2

How One Simple Change Made My App 15x Faster

3.5min read / Real advice from someone who made their app way faster

Jul 19 • 

Eric Roby

1