Writing
Notes on engineering leadership, scaling systems, and what actually changes when agents write the code.
- Agile and Process Optimization
- AI, Automation & the New Engineering Landscape
- Effective Team Building
- Leadership & Culture in Engineering
- Managing Growth Challenges
- Mentorship, Growth & Human Skills
- Metrics and Measurement
- Product and Customer Feedback
- Scaling MVPs and Architectures
- Scaling Systems and Teams
- Transitioning from Corporate to Entrepreneurial Leadership
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Generation Got Cheaper Again. Verification Didn’t.
An agent can finish a change in minutes and leave it waiting for review for two days. The generation was fast. The…
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Your Engineering Process Should Outlive Your Model Vendor
The past couple of weeks have stirred things up among the major players in frontier AI, and a few who would like…
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Digital Tools, Analog Soul: Modernizing Your Business Without Selling It Out
Walk into almost any long-standing business in my local stomping-ground of North County San Diego, or really any tight-knit community, and you…
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Loose Coupling Is a Survival Strategy
How abstraction, clear ownership, and designing for change help early-stage teams scale without collapsing under their own weight. Very early in my…
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The Mentorship Multiplier: How Teaching Others Clarifies Your Own Thinking
How mentoring made me a better leader. I did not set out early in my career to become a mentor. Looking back,…
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The Hidden Cost of Hero Culture in Engineering
Why high-performing teams need systems, not saviors. Early in my career, I worked with engineers I can only describe as forces of…
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How to Build Culture Across Oceans
Lessons from Global Engineering Teams Building culture in a colocated team is hard enough. Doing it across continents, time zones, and cultural…
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Why AI Won’t Replace Engineers, But Will Expose Weak Leadership
How culture determines whether AI adoption succeeds or fails. My first real exposure to AI tools came around the end of 2024…
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Rethinking Customer Support Organizations
Why support teams may be the most underutilized source of quality engineering and software talent. I started my career in tech in…