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The Map to Where You Are Needed in Tech

Understand Change. Predict The Future.

9 min readMar 12, 2024

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AI Prompt: An explorer arriving at a densely populated big city dressed in the style of a software developer is seen from the perspective of someone standing behind the explorer. Use a drawing style.

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The Ultimate Guide for Making the Best Career Choices in Tech

Finding Your Purpose Is the Goal. Making the Right Choices Is the Path.

14 min readJan 4, 2024

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Drawing of a pyramid in the desert, with a software developer sitting at a workstation facing the pyramid. The pyramid has five layers labeled from bottom to the top, as follows: Employability, Compensation, Growth Path, Well-Being, and Meaning.

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What Is the Hardest Thing in Software Development?

Naming, but not in the way you think.

14 min readDec 28, 2022

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An iceberg floating in the ocean. The sea has a label of “Reality”. The submerged portion of the iceberg has a label of “Knowledge”. The portion of the iceberg above the waterline has a label of “Names”. A sticky figure sits on a tiny canoe to the right of the iceberg, representing what could be a software developer.

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How to Outperform a 10x Developer

First awareness. Then productivity.

15 min readSep 12, 2022

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Software developer sitting at their desk, with ear phones on, and writing code. On the right, a huge expanse of a data-center, with operations teams interacting, several computer racks and antennas. There is a small dot in the expanse with a callout showing the developer on the left.

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Denilson Nastacio

Three Steps to Solve All Your Problems in Tech

Where Clarity Leads, Solutions Find Their Way

12 min readNov 26, 2023

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Sticky figure style drawing of a person asking another person for help with a small puzzle.

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Kubenstein, a GPT-powered Kubernetes Administrator

But is it any good?

9 min readOct 11, 2023

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Diagram showing two parallel flowcharts. In the first flowchart, a person asks me for assistance troubleshooting their cluster, giving them one command at a time and waiting for them to answer. In the second flowchart, an application asks Kubenstein for assistance, with Kubenstein giving the application one command at a time and waiting for the command to complete.

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Denilson Nastacio

No More Slack: Return to The Office

You Never Know What You Had Until You Lose It

12 min readSep 6, 2023

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Perspective view of an office with three rows of desks with dozens of people looking at monitor screens.

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Denilson Nastacio

On Technical Debt, Margin Calls, and Ponzi Schemes

New Financial Metaphors and Debt Management Lessons for Modern Software Development

14 min readJul 13, 2023

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Denilson Nastacio

Stories That Can Heal The World

An exploration of storytelling as the foundation of everyday life

8 min readMay 31, 2023

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Kids around a campfire telling each other stories. The stories are illustrated in the style of cave paintings, including pre-historic animals, hunters, robots, and spacecraft.

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The Artificial Empathy of Generative AI

When Imitation Is the Sincerest Form Of Failure

14 min readApr 27, 2023

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Sticky figure style drawing with human wearing a hat standing in front of a squarish robot wearing a similar style of hat, ostensibly trying — and failing — to look like the human.

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Denilson Nastacio

Denilson Nastacio

Operations architect, corporate observer, software engineer, inventor. @dnastacio

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