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Engineering leadership, delivery, and the occasional hard lesson.

  • June 20, 2026

    What Information Did We Just Exchange?

    A practical look at daily standups, accountability theater, and whether better async visibility can replace ceremony.

  • May 16, 2026

    How I Think About AI Agents in Software Delivery Without Letting Them Wreck Production

    AI agents can accelerate software delivery — or quietly introduce instability. Here's the framework I use to decide where they belong and where they don't.

  • April 20, 2026

    Recovering a Late Software Program: What Actually Matters

    Late software programs fail for structural reasons, not effort reasons. Here's what I've learned about the interventions that actually move the needle.

  • March 28, 2026

    QA Automation in the AI Era: Confidence Without Theater

    AI tools are changing what's possible in QA automation — but they're also introducing new failure modes. Here's how I think about building test coverage that actually earns trust.

  • February 14, 2026

    What Engineering Managers Should Automate First

    Engineering managers have limited time. Here's where automation pays off earliest — and where it creates more work than it saves.

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