KMKonrad Małochainmkon.dev·4d ago · 2 min readYou don't build a team at a desk at home. A hackathon reminded me.I love quiet work. But that's not how you build a team. A calm home office, deep focus, no interruptions — that's where I do my best individual work, and I have no plans to change it. But I've always 10
MBMayur Badgujarinstage.mayurbadgujar.me·4d ago · 2 min readFrom Student to Speaker GitHub Copilot Dev DaysA Special Milestone Last week was a massive personal and professional milestone for me. I was invited to be a guest speaker at my own college for GitHub Copilot Dev Days, hosted at SVKM’s Institute of00
JJubsindreaded-developer.hashnode.dev·4d ago · 13 min readI Managed a Systems Development Team and Lived to Tell the TaleThere's a moment every new engineering manager experiences. It's subtle. It creeps up on you. You're sitting in a meeting, nodding along as your team argues for the 47th consecutive minute about wheth00
HCHazel Chirindainhazelchirinda.hashnode.dev·4d ago · 2 min readThe First Time I Led a Security Conversation Instead of Supporting OneI still remember the first meeting where I realised something had shifted. I wasn’t there to answer questions or support someone else’s agenda — I was the one leading the conversation. The client team00
Tthepragmatistinthepragmatist.hashnode.dev·Jun 22 · 8 min readWhen Leaders Ignore the No Asshole Rule!Originally published on Rough Edges. There's a pattern I've watched play out in more than one organization. From a distance it looks like high performance. Up close it's something else. A strong engin00
Tthepragmatistinthepragmatist.hashnode.dev·Jun 22 · 3 min readMeasuring Engineering Performance: Activity Is Not OutputOriginally published on Rough Edges. The case for making engineering performance visible is legitimate. Hidden underperformance is a real organizational problem, and managers who avoid measuring their00
SSSunney Soodinsunneysood.hashnode.dev·Jun 21 · 13 min readAI Governance Is Now a Core Discipline of Program LeadershipSixty-eight governance failures. One AI application. Built and designed with Claude and Codex with the plan to solve my daily fasting habit. None caused a crash.None triggered an alert.Every one repre00
ASAsif Sherazinasifsheraz.hashnode.dev·Jun 20 · 3 min readEarly in my project management career, I thought my job was to keep people on schedule.I had a project plan. I had status reports. I had meeting agendas. I had action-item trackers. What I didn't have was authority. The realization hit during a cross-functional initiative involving mult00
RCRudson Carvalhoinrudsoncarvalho.hashnode.dev·Jun 19 · 7 min readThe Right Proposal Lost Again: On Power Struggles Disguised as Technical DecisionsYou've seen this happen before, probably more than once. Two architecture proposals on the table. One is cheaper, simpler to operate, with fewer points of failure and less dependency on a single speci00
CSChetan sinbuildstuff.hashnode.dev·Jun 17 · 6 min readYour first ten engineers are your culture. You can't patch it at fifty.Every company has a culture page. Free snacks, "we move fast," "we're like a family." Most of it is decoration. Your real culture isn't written down anywhere. It's whatever your first ten engineers do00
