Articles: Engineering Leadership
Technical writings, opinionated architectures, and development guides focusing on Engineering Leadership.
Redefining Engineering Roles in the AI Era
AI makes implementation cheaper and judgment more valuable. Learn how engineering roles, hiring, and team design are changing.
Reviewing AI Generated Work
How to review AI-generated code effectively, what failure modes to watch for, and how to maintain quality standards as code volume increases.
Spec Driven Development With LLMs
How to write specifications that produce useful LLM output, covering interface definitions, edge cases, and why the spec is your highest-leverage artifact.
Shape Up: A Practical Introduction
A practical introduction to Shape Up - the planning methodology built on appetite over estimation, fixed time with flexible scope, and small autonomous teams.
Writing Pitches That Work
How to write Shape Up pitches that give engineering teams real clarity - problem definition, appetite, solution shaping, rabbit holes, and no-gos explained.
Why Sprints Are Broken
Technical debt is inevitable. What matters is whether you manage it deliberately. A practical framework for prioritisation and stakeholder communication
Career Growth: From Junior to Staff Engineer
A practical guide to engineering career progression, from junior to staff, covering promotion criteria and the conversations that move careers forward.
Leading Through Uncertainty: Crisis Management for Tech Teams
How engineering leaders make decisions under pressure, communicate through uncertainty, and keep teams focused when the path forward is not clear.
Technical Debt: When to Fix, When to Ship
Technical debt is inevitable. What matters is managing it deliberately. Here is a practical framework for prioritisation and stakeholder communication.
The Engineering Manager as Coach, Not Boss
How to develop your coaching skills as an engineering manager, with practical techniques for performance conversations, growth planning, and career development.
Strategy vs. Execution: How Leaders Set Technical Vision
Why technical vision matters, how to set it, and how to maintain it over time in the face of changing circumstances and competing priorities.
Building Psychological Safety in Engineering
How to create a culture where engineers feel safe to take risks, speak up, and make mistakes without fear of punishment.