
How to be an effective leader in the software engineering industry. Practical hints and stories to maximize the success of your team(s) and their influence on a company.
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In product design, there is a fundamental principle known as Tesler’s Law, or the Law of Conservation of Complexity (see on the laws of UX). It states that every system has a baseline of complexity that cannot be destroyed—it can only be sh...
These years, I’ve been leading a platform engineering organization that serves our entire product engineering team. I have a bunch of incredibly strong senior and principal engineers—the kind of creators and system thinkers who can crack th...
Polite Teams Are Failing Teams
Many engineering leaders are obsessed with maintaining a sterile, perfectly sanitized environment. They want every discussion grounded exclusively in KPIs, objectives, and outcomes. They want “professionalism...
“Well, it depends.”
“Well, it depends.”
Why 2026 is the New “QA Shift-Left”
Today’s conversation around AI is entirely focused on the wrong question: “Will AI replace software engineers?”
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