Essays on engineering, leadership, and the way I see work.
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The Engineering Manager's Playbook Just Got Rewritten
The EM role is compressing the same way the IC role did when full-stack became the expectation. Here's what comes next.
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Advent of Value Engineers
On AI, ambition, and the collapse of the engineering stack
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CRCL: Make It Make Sense
Why the IPO is critical to build trust and usage
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Series: Changing Culture — The Hard Way That Actually Works
Part 1: Why Culture Feels Impossible to Change
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How to Be a Great Partner to Your PM
Effective partnership with your PM is about amplifying their impact with your unique technical lens and bringing product discipline to how you build.
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Think in Systems, Not Parts
Great engineers, tool builders, and leaders don't just ship features or tools—they design systems that scale thinking, execution, and impact.
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Don't Fight Vibe Coding — Guardrail It
Vibe coding is how builders move fast in uncertainty.
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Measure your efficacy with AI
Want to Prove You're 10x-ing with AI? Measure What Matters.
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2 AI Tools I Use Every Week as an Engineering Leader
Everyone's talking about using AI to code or write. But very few are getting actual leverage from it.
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Why your ideas go nowhere?
Understanding basic human nature for better communication
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20 Years In: 3 Things I Wish I Knew When I Started in Tech
Two decades in software engineering distilled into the lessons that actually matter.
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5 Reasons to Ask "Why" Before You Start Your Next Project
Perfect execution on the wrong idea is still failure. Ask why before you build.