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Find out how AI and a rapidly growing global developer community are coming together with compounding results.
Platform teams ensure success by thoughtfully selecting which collaboration patterns to use with their customer teams, based on the maturity of each team and the phase of their platform adoption.
A reflective piece on returning to coding after burnout, offering insights and strategies for technical leaders.
Creating a high-performance culture is often touted as the holy grail of today's organisations. But achieving it in practice remains an elusive concept.
An interview with Laszlo Bock that explores people operations, team culture, and leadership insights for technical leaders.
The article examines how software continuously accumulates technical debt, creating ongoing maintenance challenges across security, compliance, and third-party dependencies, and suggests proactive tooling and organizational changes for technical leaders.
A diversity and inclusion focused adaptation of John Cutler's "When You Hear _______, Pay Attention" list, offering practical hints for recognizing subtle signals in teams and cultures.
How a recent humbling experience helped me identify a major gap, and why I'm going all in with self-hosting my own services.
Snap judgments without careful consideration rules our workplaces and our lives. Fundamental attribution error or attribution bias makes us attribute a person's behaviour to their character without taking into account the limitations and constraints within which the person might be operating.
A short video showcasing a simple dinosaur game built with Phaser.js, Vite, and vanilla JavaScript, illustrating how core coding patterns translate to enterprise applications.
Productivity is a good way to measure the impact of machines. Here are the metrics we should use to measure the impact of humans.
What does it mean to lead by example and what happens if you don't lead by example? Quotes & exercise for more leadership by example.
Struggling to motivate your tech team? Learn what truly drives employees beyond a big salary. Discover key strategies for engagement and retention.
A guide on building resilient, high-performing engineering teams by applying proven leadership practices.
In an effort to optimize our on-call process, we created triage engineer rotations to act as a distraction shield for our engineers to deeply focus on their goals.
Don't bring a spreadsheet to coin toss.
Learn about backlog management, prioritization frameworks, and how Jira fits into your strategies. Tips and tricks included!
Being able to focus, to do deep, meaningful work is a key skill for engineering leaders. The article lists several reasons why maintaining focus can be challenging.
This article explains why story points can be misleading and guides technical leaders on shifting to cycle time metrics for better decision making and planning.
I was left with a slightly queasy feeling that the process was both too much and not enough, all at once.
This article explores how platform teams can use software decisions to influence and shift organizational culture, illustrating the impact of tool choices on engineering practices.
Vitamin E is an antioxidant that protects human cells from damage caused by free radicals.
The author reflects on an early career experience at Borland, describing how he realized he was failing in his role and the lessons learned about accountability and growth.
Most teams break in very similar ways, but they can also be fixed using similar approaches by diagnosing the root causes and simplifying processes.
And how Amazon organized to encourage ownership and reduce cross-team overhead.
Discover why Extreme Programming (XP) is essential in the AI era. Learn how human-centred practices and smart constraints drive successful software delivery.
This week we explore the gap between knowing and applying leadership skills, and how engineering leaders can bridge it to enhance team performance.
Local maxima, middle management, and space opera
Building a healthy working environment is the main job of every manager. Here are the five building blocks of the healthy working environment.
This article discusses calendar reviews for product leaders, highlighting the challenges of overloaded schedules and how reviewing calendars can improve agency and productivity.
A sci-fi novel that explores the dynamics of rebellion and resistance, offering insights into leadership under pressure and the challenges of driving change.
Refactoring is an underrated practice that many developers overlook, leading to hidden technical debt and reduced code clarity.
A brief overview of the books I read in August 2025, highlighting a standout read and several lighter selections.
James Sperring expresses skepticism about short-term superintelligent AI predictions while remaining optimistic about significant near-term advancements and impact of large language models.
A surreal anecdote about waking up to a full-sized giraffe in a New York hotel room, reflecting on unexpected moments and leadership perspectives.
The post explores the idea that being an eldest daughter parallels the role of a team glue expert, highlighting how early experiences shape collaborative skills in engineering teams.
Why are you doing code reviews?
Leveraging strengths -- not "fixing weaknesses" -- is how to win. Better when differentiated. Best when durable. Here's how to create leverage.
A presentation exploring the common challenges faced by engineering managers and strategies to overcome them.
An article describing how Diving Nomads automates coliving and coworking partner outreach, illustrating building in public principles.
Burnout is caused by a lack of believable motivation-not working too hard. Breaks won't help; engineering motivation will.
A guide on creating developer onboarding documentation to improve new hire experience and streamline team processes.
So much can be learned from this very basic question.
A concise guide for leaders on how to communicate upcoming organizational changes to their teams with clarity, empathy, and actionable steps.
Remember to avoid creating urgency even though it works.
A concise exploration of the differences between accountability and responsibility and how they impact technical leadership.
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