The Senior ShortcutMany have predicted the death of the “junior engineer” thanks to AI; after all, if AI can do all of the simple tasks, we don’t need to hire…Oct 117Oct 117
Following The Manager’s PathYou may have heard that I have a new book coming out. With co-author Ian Nowland, I’ve written a book called Platform Engineering: A Guide…Sep 24Sep 24
Founders Create ManagersThere’s a new pg article making the rounds called “Founder Mode”. The biggest surprise to me is how, despite saying almost nothing, it has…Sep 23Sep 23
The Next Larger Context“Always design a thing by considering it in its next larger context — a chair in a room, a room in a house, a house in an environment, an…May 26, 20233May 26, 20233
Avoiding the Rewrite TrapA common challenge for engineering leaders looks something like this:Apr 29, 202317Apr 29, 202317
Which Meetings Should You Kill?Your company’s most pointless meetings may not be the type you expect!Jan 5, 202329Jan 5, 202329
Debugging Teams: Groundhog DayHave you ever been on a team that seemed to work very hard but never move forward? Where you look back quarter after quarter, or perhaps…Sep 5, 20221Sep 5, 20221