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domain	petercai.com
summary	The website content appears to be a collection of personal reflections, observations, and learnings from various experiences in the tech industry, particularly around software development, startups, AI, and tech company dynamics. Here's a summarized version: 1. The author left for a new role at Sigma Squared after passing the AWS Architect Associate exam by creating an AWS-specific cheat sheet. 2. They emphasize automation in personal tasks like managing their inbox, highlighting the productivity gains from this approach. 3. The content discusses shifting focus from traditional software development to building coding assistants and tools. 4. The author criticizes Medicare Advantage as a "scam" and expresses frustration with unintuitively hard-to-automate tasks in various fields. 5. They share an endurance and strength training cheat sheet, demonstrating the importance of physical well-being for productivity. 6. Interviewing engineers is presented as challenging due to its adversarial nature, with a reference to ChatGPT being perceived as dishonest. 7. Kiwi6's failure as a business is analyzed, along with the author's decision to only eat potatoes for two weeks following this event. 8. The post explains why Kiwi6 shut down despite having 645,911 users, sharing lessons learned about startups from video games. 9. Ruby on Rails performance tuning is discussed, along with insights into the broken market for junior software engineers. 10. Low-cost file serving and storage solutions using bare metal systems with tiered pricing are highlighted. 11. The author shares workarounds to address hiring discrimination in tech. 12. Watching programming tutorials (replays) is suggested as a method for skill improvement. 13. DeFi is criticized as still being considered "bullshit" after more than 10 years, despite its promise of decentralization. 14. The content touches upon the deprecation of x86 architecture and the slowdown in storage price drops. 15. A lesson is learned about the importance of a codebase that doesn't appear fragmented or disorganized. 16. Raymond Chen's lessons on being an ethical engineer are shared, along with a message to engineers to "stop being assholes." 17. An explanation of Google's Bug Bounty Program is provided. 18. A comparison of Amazon and Microsoft SDE interviews is offered. 19. The Fencepost Problem is explained, along with reasons why the author dislikes using CakePHP. 20. Peter Cai and Twitter are briefly mentioned as part of the author's professional network.
title	Peter Cai
description	Peter Cai, software developer and engineering leader from Massachusetts.
keywords	engineers, software, like, peter, cheat, sheet, build, still, bullshit, storage, amazon, interview, technical, founder, guide, sandbox, starting
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nslookup	A 172.67.155.53, A 104.21.89.3
created	2025-11-08
updated	2025-11-08
summarized	2025-11-13

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