Jono Herrington

@jonoherrington

The patterns your team feels but hasn't named yet.

Boston, USAJoined March 2026

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Engineering leader. Still an engineer. 15+ years building platforms and the teams behind them. Writing about the patterns teams feel but haven't named yet. More at jonoherrington.com

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JHJono Herringtonjonoherrington.hashnode.devMay 8 · 8 min read

Repeat Incidents Are a Leadership Smell

We shipped a release, something broke, customer service called, and we fixed it ... then the same issue hit the next release and we applied the same fix again. That is the moment this became clear for me. Pager rotation answers who gets alerted, and ...

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JHJono Herringtonjonoherrington.hashnode.devMay 7 · 8 min read

You're Promoting Confidence, Not Leadership

A contractor lead walked into our org with strong language, strong opinions, and all the right lead-shaped signals ... then a basic desktop and mobile navigation effort took about 6 months. That gap is why I say if your system rewards how someone sou...

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JHJono Herringtonjonoherrington.hashnode.devMay 6 · 8 min read

Most 1:1s Are Career Drift Meetings

He looked me in the eye in a 1:1 and asked, "What do I need to do to get to the next level?" He was hungry, driven, and teachable ... and had no clear road to run on. That is when I was reminded that most 1:1s fail because they pretend to be developm...

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JHJono Herringtonjonoherrington.hashnode.devMay 5 · 8 min read

Your Team Is One PTO Away from Missing the Quarter

Monday morning, one engineer was out on PTO and three separate workstreams were already blocked before lunch. Slack filled with "quick question" pings nobody else could answer, and standup turned into a scavenger hunt for missing context. By Wednesda...

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JHJono Herringtonjonoherrington.hashnode.devMay 2 · 3 min read

Your Codebase Was Always This Bad

A team turned on agent mode a month ago. First week, ecstatic. Shipping faster than they had in years. Second week, incidents started showing up. Third week, they were ready to blame the tool. Then their senior pulled up the logs. Found the bug. Trac...

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Repeat Incidents Are a Leadership Smell

You're Promoting Confidence, Not Leadership

Most 1:1s Are Career Drift Meetings

Your Team Is One PTO Away from Missing the Quarter

Your Codebase Was Always This Bad

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Jono Herrington's blogs

Recently published

Repeat Incidents Are a Leadership Smell

You're Promoting Confidence, Not Leadership

Most 1:1s Are Career Drift Meetings

Your Team Is One PTO Away from Missing the Quarter

Your Codebase Was Always This Bad