Jason MatthewEngineering Manager from Brisbane, Australia. I lead teams, ship side projects, and write about engineering leadership, accessibility, and building things that matter.https://jasonmatthew.dev/en-auThe Side Project as a Management Toolhttps://jasonmatthew.dev/blog/the-side-project-as-a-management-tool/https://jasonmatthew.dev/blog/the-side-project-as-a-management-tool/I build side projects because I genuinely enjoy it — and it happens to make me a better manager. But let's be clear, it's not a requirement.Mon, 06 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTThe Axios Breach Started with a Plaintext Tokenhttps://jasonmatthew.dev/blog/zero-secrets-in-git/https://jasonmatthew.dev/blog/zero-secrets-in-git/Last week a North Korean actor compromised axios — 100 million weekly downloads — because one plaintext npm token was sitting on disk. Here's how I keep zero secrets in my repos.Mon, 06 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTBuilding a SaaS Entirely on Cloudflare's Developer Platformhttps://jasonmatthew.dev/blog/formrecap-cloudflare-architecture/https://jasonmatthew.dev/blog/formrecap-cloudflare-architecture/How I built FormRecap — form abandonment recovery — using Workers, Durable Objects, D1, Queues, and Workflows. No AWS. No Vercel. No external databases.Sat, 04 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTManaging 8 Domains with Terraform and Cloudflarehttps://jasonmatthew.dev/blog/terraform-for-cloudflare/https://jasonmatthew.dev/blog/terraform-for-cloudflare/How I use Terraform to manage DNS, Workers KV, D1, Queues, R2, and AI Gateway across 8 Cloudflare domains — with zero secrets on disk and full disaster recovery.Sun, 15 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTThe 3-2-1 AI Engineering Managerhttps://jasonmatthew.dev/blog/the-3-2-1-ai-engineering-manager/https://jasonmatthew.dev/blog/the-3-2-1-ai-engineering-manager/3 patterns I'm seeing, 2 predictions for the next 6 months, and 1 experiment you can run this week. Management experience might be the best predictor of AI success.Mon, 19 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMTWhat Makes a Senior Engineer Senior?https://jasonmatthew.dev/blog/what-is-a-senior/https://jasonmatthew.dev/blog/what-is-a-senior/It's not years of experience or a title on LinkedIn. A senior engineer is a force multiplier — and that distinction matters more than ever when a quarter of junior roles now carry senior titles.Fri, 15 Mar 2024 00:00:00 GMT