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Who’s Checking All This Work?

AI agents, review queues, and the managers in the middle.

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5d ago

Stop Giving Answers: 3-Moves To Get Your Team Thinking For Themselves

Build better judgment through everyday conversations.

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Nov 5

AI Guardrails, Logging, and Validation

What faster building demands from engineering leaders

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Oct 29

Headcount Math, Compute Budgets, and What AI Actually Costs

Eight reads and one listen for engineering leaders

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Oct 22

Descoping, Git, and Other Habits Worth Rethinking

Eleven pieces: eight reads, two listens, and one watch

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Oct 15

Turn Mentorship and Innovation into Daily Wins

From mentorship and craft to the real cost of AI

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Oct 8

Undo the Decision That Made Sense Five Years Ago

Six reads, three watches, and one listen on rethinking the calls that used to be obvious.

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Oct 5

Before You Build, Ask Yourself: Who is Your Bullseye Customer?

A shared customer hypothesis can resolve decisions that a month of roadmap debate can’t.

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Oct 1

When Building Gets Easy, Who Holds It All Together?

10 reads on the human work that holds engineering teams together

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Sep 24

Move Beyond Rigid Workflows

This week: reclaim technical roles and revamp team execution.

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Passionate about remote work, building processes, workflows, tech teams and products. Love exploring the rocky coast of Portugal with my dog Misha.

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