Hi there.

Welcome to Daniel Beck dot net, your source for all things Daniel and Beck. There are lots of photos here, most popularly Big Things in America. I don’t really know how to paint, but that doesn’t stop me trying. I’ve also got a blog, because I’m a web dinosaur still pretending the blogosphere hasn’t been eaten by social media.

I also have a long history as a UX designer, software developer, and engineering manager. If you’re looking for information about me in a work context, here’s where to start, but (as is probably obvious by now) I’m not, like, super-formal about it or anything.

Recent Work

January 17, 2026:

Predictions about AI (I’m really bad at predictions)

I’ve been tidying up around here lately — as one does every few years when one maintains a long-lived, little-trafficked blog mostly out of a guilty s…

January 14, 2026:

What does it mean to be an engineering leader?

As an engineering leader, you have an important role to play in the growth of people, products, and the organization. Your job is not to manage people…

January 31, 2025:

Yeah gonna skip that one

Meeting invite with six acronyms I don’t know in the title and no agenda. Nope.

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Recent Life

February 19, 2025:

Lifestyle

An increasing part of my lifestyle consists of “pacing around waiting for the meeting that will start in 5-10 minutes”. Maybe I need a hobby that can…

February 13, 2025:

The problem with resigning in protest

The problem with resigning in protest is that eventually the only people who haven’t resigned are the ones who are part of the problem.

February 2, 2025:

Spectrum

15 seconds to accidentally sign up on the tv for a “free trial” which starts billing immediately; 30 minutes on the phone with two separate call cente…

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