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May 26, 2026
7 small gaps
May 19, 2026
The lie of Radical Candor and ruining an engineer's day
May 12, 2026
For 8 years, my brain was enough. It's running out of RAM
May 5, 2026
Engineering teams don't need to 'just go faster' - the technique behind the sub-2-hour marathon
Apr 28, 2026
The lie of the 30-60-90 onboarding plan: an honest self-retro after 6 months as an EM
Apr 21, 2026
Every Engineering Manager has 5 jobs - most distribute their 100 'attention points' across only 2-3 of them
Apr 14, 2026
Reflections on moving from scrum to shape up (and from maintenance mode to high output and happier engineers)
Apr 7, 2026
A ChatGPT-like wave of hype is about to hit us, and you should be afraid