https://barajas.blog/ Recent content on Barajas Hugo en-US Wed, 01 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://barajas.blog/posts/no-qwen-27b-isnt-enough/ Wed, 01 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://barajas.blog/posts/no-qwen-27b-isnt-enough/ A Hacker News thread said a 27 billion parameter model is all you need for real coding work. I’ve run that model against real codebases. It isn’t, and here’s the math on why. https://barajas.blog/posts/developer-blast-radius/ Sat, 21 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://barajas.blog/posts/developer-blast-radius/ The best definition of pay I ever heard came from a Riot Games VP. It also explains why doing the senior job well quietly caps your own salary, and what to do about it in your next review. https://barajas.blog/posts/first-90-days-running-technology/ Wed, 14 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://barajas.blog/posts/first-90-days-running-technology/ The job stopped being ‘fix it’ the day you took the title. Here’s how I spend the first three months running a technology org without torching my credibility in week one. https://barajas.blog/posts/dealing-with-idea-people/ Mon, 12 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://barajas.blog/posts/dealing-with-idea-people/ Somebody always has an idea that turns into your team’s problem. Here’s how I make them prove it’s worth doing before a single line gets written. https://barajas.blog/about/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 https://barajas.blog/about/ About Michael Barajas https://barajas.blog/timeline/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 https://barajas.blog/timeline/ Everything I've written, and everything you can't read yet.