5d ago · 7 min read · Increasingly CEOs of software organizations are hearing magical things about the powers of AI tools. When you hear that an AI can build a web app in seconds or rewrite git, it can understandably seem
Join discussionFeb 10 · 4 min read · We have four senior engineers.All of them have admin access to Jira.None of them considers themselves the owner. And when something breaks, the default assumption is always the same: someone else will deal with it. Access is not ownership. Ownership ...
Join discussionFeb 9 · 4 min read · Technical leadership is the intersection between technical expertise and leadership. I feel that combining the two is generally undervalued today, and by the end I hope it will be clear why. Technical expertise is skill in a domain. It is effectivene...
Join discussionDec 14, 2025 · 7 min read · I’ve been at my job for about three months now, and while I certainly like to think I’ve made some substantive contributions (mostly on the infrastructure and process side of the aisle), I still feel like a newbie when it comes to developing features...
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Nov 25, 2025 · 6 min read · We’re back with another file from the archives. I’ve been reading The Manager’s Path by Camille Fournier. It’s solid intel. It lays out the theory of what a manager should do: Mentor, guide, protect, and serve. But theory is different when bullets ar...
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