Thomas Johnson

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CTO at Multiplayer

Company website: https://multiplayer.app/

Joined Mar 2024

https://multiplayer.app/

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CTO at Multiplayer.app interested in all things AI, debugging, coding agents and distributed systems

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Stop Using the ATM-Didn’t-Kill-Jobs Story to Reassure Developers About AI

The ATM didn’t kill bank tellers’ jobs — the iPhone did. Getting the history right isn’t reassuring; it clarifies why developers should pay attention.

May 13, 2026

· 3,338 Views

Automatic Data Correlation: Why Modern Observability Tools Fail and Cost Engineers Time

Your observability stack is complete. So why does debugging still take hours, sifting through data across eight different tools?

February 16, 2026

· 1,329 Views · 1 Like

MCP Servers Are Everywhere, but Most Are Collecting Dust: Key Lessons We Learned to Avoid That

Teams rushing to build MCP servers are discovering that enthusiasm doesn’t translate into usefulness. This article unpacks why and how to make your MCP server valuable.

January 13, 2026

· 2,549 Views · 4 Likes

Why Internal Tools Waste So Much Engineering Time

A tiny bug. A big bank. Hours lost. What this incident says about how we handle internal support and what to do about it.

November 20, 2025

· 2,375 Views · 2 Likes

A 5-Minute Fix to Our CI/CD Pipeline That Saved Us 5 Hours a Day

A reminder that even the most obvious optimizations can hide in plain sight when you’re heads down building the next big thing.

October 21, 2025

· 2,083 Views · 2 Likes

Solving a Common Dev Grievance: Architecture Documentation

The global developer population is nearing 30M, and there is little disagreement that accurate system architecture documentation is crucial for building good software.

October 18, 2024

· 5,022 Views · 9 Likes

The Invisible Artistry of Backend Development

The artistry needed to create performant, scalable, and maintainable software architectures and APIs is often unseen and undervalued. This article shines a light on it.

July 17, 2024

· 5,530 Views · 3 Likes

Navigating Architectural Change: Overcoming Drift and Erosion in Software Systems

Discover effective strategies for safely evolving your software's architecture as you tackle technical debt and requirement changes.

May 8, 2024

· 2,499 Views · 1 Like

Being a Backend Developer Today Feels Harder Than 20 Years Ago

Excelling as a backend developer today requires navigating a more complex and rapidly evolving technological environment.

March 26, 2024

· 7,993 Views · 6 Likes