<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Matt Irwin Codes</title><description>Product engineer and accessibility specialist. Writing about building software that works for everyone.</description><link>https://mattirwin.codes/</link><language>en</language><item><title>How programmers and actors are alike</title><link>https://mattirwin.codes/writing/how-programmers-and-actors-are-alike/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://mattirwin.codes/writing/how-programmers-and-actors-are-alike/</guid><description>Our surpising common ground, and shared solution to an old problem, and a few new ones.</description><pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>interviewing</category><category>coding</category><category>LLM</category></item><item><title>Why a spreadsheet stops working</title><link>https://mattirwin.codes/writing/why-a-spreadsheet-stops-working/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://mattirwin.codes/writing/why-a-spreadsheet-stops-working/</guid><description>Job searching starts as a list and turns into relational data. Spreadsheets handle the first part well and the second part badly, which is why I started building Observatory.</description><pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>observatory</category><category>product</category><category>data</category></item></channel></rss>