Archive - The Caffeinated Engineer

The work you do in the dark

On depth, discipline, and why we're becoming less interesting

Sep 9 •

Alessandro Lamberti

August 2025

July 2025

Stop Copying - Start Building Reusable Knowledge

An argument against shallow tutorial hopping and in favor of reified personal understanding.

Jul 12 •

Alessandro Lamberti

Mental Models of Great Engineers - Focus, Friction, Feedback

“The purpose of abstraction is not to be vague, but to create a new semantic level in which one can be absolutely precise.” — Edsger Dijkstra

Jul 5 •

Alessandro Lamberti

June 2025

Hey everyone - I'm writing again

After a long hiatus, I’m back to publishing essays, breakdowns, and notes around the themes I live and breathe: systems, software, and the edges of…

Jun 28 •

Alessandro Lamberti

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