Engineering—
Architecture without phases is just a diagram
Every org I've joined had a target architecture. None of them had a plan for getting there.
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Thoughts on engineering, leadership, and the craft of software.
Experience—
Data is hiding secrets everywhere
Data is boring. I think most people agree. But it's actually data that's behind some of the solutions I'm most proud of.
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The AI hype-train is about to rediscover the Agile Manifesto
We're collectively burning through massive amounts of GPU compute just to slowly rediscover every core software principle we abandoned the second LLMs showed up.
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You became the worst manager you ever had, and you called it prompt engineering
Every bad management pattern you've ever complained about, you recreated the moment you started working with AI.
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Micro-frontends won't fix your monolith
When your frontend feels slow to change, the instinct is to split it up. But most of the time, the problem isn't the architecture. It's the modularity.
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You can't start with trust
Leadership frameworks love putting trust at the foundation. But trust isn't a starting point. It's what emerges after you build everything else.
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Trust isn't a gift you give on day one
When someone says 'I trust you 100%' before they know you, they're not giving trust. They're giving an opportunity to earn it.
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AI coding is a trust problem
AI coding failures mirror junior developer failures. Confidence without competence. The feedback loops you build for AI are the same ones missing in bad teams.
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What happens after the interview
The first 90 days reveal what the interview hid. Onboarding is a feedback loop for organizational health.
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Remote teams and the 2/3 pattern
Feedback loops that happen naturally in an office have to be deliberately built when you're not in the same room.
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