12 things I miss since coding died
The satisfaction of debugging, rabbit holes, and 10 more
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What nobody tells you about Engineering Management. One practical idea every week from someone who's still doing the job with you.
13 posts in the last 90 days · newest 6 Oct
The broken windows theory of coding agents
When my most experienced engineer got tired of our shitty code
7 min read
When non-devs open PRs
What to watch out for when letting non-engineers open PRs on your codebase
7 min read
Extreme Programming 1999->2026
A method created 30 years ago is still your best guide for building software
14 min read
3 things top 1% teams do differently
Hiring, parallelization, and why they stopped reviewing most PRs
8 min read
Charting your team's knowledge & skills map
If you rebuilt your team again today, knowing what you know now, would it look the same?
5 min read
Explaining to business people why building software is still hard
Explaining to business people why building software is still hard
4 min read
The software engineering war
Most of us picked a side and won't budge. Which one are you on?
6 min read
7 reasons experienced EMs get stuck
The mistakes that stall a career, even when you see them coming.
5 min read
Building a code reviewer from your team's PR history
how to build a code review tool specific to your team
5 min read
The generalist EM's reading list
7 books to easily catch up with non-engineering professions in tech (number 3 is a must read)
6 min read