AI-Driven Development: Modernizing a Decade-Old Website in 3 Days
A case study on migrating a decade-old Jekyll website to Astro in just 3 days by partnering with AI (Google Gemini) for planning, coding, and building custom development tools.
Redefining Culture Fit
Moving beyond superficial 'culture fit' towards shared values for building truly inclusive and effective teams.
Durable Communication
It's not inherently harder to be a tech lead while remote or on a distributed team – it's more deliberate.
The Help Timer
Wait an hour to ask for help. No more, no less.
A Call for More Tech Leadership
Tech leadership is a critical discipline we need to cultivate.
Integrated Tests Are a Scam
The point of test driven development is not to do testing; it's to learn about the quality of our design.
Your Software Is Made of People
The delivery of meaningful value to customers requires the actions of both people and technical objects. One can’t improve without the other.
There's Still No Silver Bullet (2006)
A contemporary look on Brooks' essay No Silver Bullet: Essence and Accidents of Software Engineering