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user: lalitmaganti created: 2021-02-01 karma: 418 Senior Staff Software Engineer at Google working on Perfetto (docs.perfetto.dev). Passionate about open source, performance, and the intersection of the two. Writing about all of these at lalitm.com. submissions: 17 bugs in 10 weeks from AI security scanning 2 points | 0 comments 0 points | 0 comments Don't answer the first question 96 points | 52 comments How I use LLMs as a staff engineer in 2026 6 points | 0 comments 0 points | 0 comments 0 points | 0 comments 0 points | 0 comments 0 points | 0 comments 0 points | 0 comments 0 points | 0 comments 0 points | 0 comments Engineers do get promoted for writing simple code 21 points | 3 comments Finding all regex matches has always been O(n²) 260 points | 70 comments Syntaqlite: High-fidelity devtools that SQLite deserves 2 points | 0 comments Why AI Coding Advice Contradicts Itself 3 points | 0 comments How I estimate work as a staff software engineer 10 points | 2 comments Crypto grifters are recruiting open-source AI developers 102 points | 28 comments Why Senior Engineers Let Bad Projects Fail 3 points | 1 comments Why Senior Engineers Let Bad Projects Fail 2 points | 0 comments Diagnosing performance with dotnet-trace and Perfetto 1 points | 0 comments Understanding SQL Parsers 2 points | 0 comments Who Owns the Memory? Part 3: How Big Is Your Type? 1 points | 0 comments 2025 was an excellent year for this blog 2 points | 0 comments Who Owns the Memory? Part 1: What Is an Object? 2 points | 0 comments The Dictator's Handbook and the politics of technical competence 6 points | 2 comments State of the Server 2026 5 points | 0 comments 0 points | 0 comments