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07 Mar 2026

As many of us have stumbled upon productivity gains with agentic AI coding tools over the past year or so, we are implic...

25 Jan 2026

Imagine this situation: You are an experienced dev manager. You know how to assemble 15-20 adult software developers, an...

04 Jan 2026

Welcome to the new year. I spent my time traveling, coding, and reading during the slow period over the past two weeks. ...

30 Dec 2025

A year ago, I compiled twenty tiny leadership lessons. That article resonated with many. Here are five more based on wha...

17 Dec 2025

We are likely the last generation of developers to have an emotional attachment to the shape of our code. After letting ...

04 Dec 2025

These are exciting times to be a hands-on software developer. A decade ago, the excitement was about learning and adopti...

23 Nov 2025

The tech world has been experiencing a low-trust climate in recent years. Cynicism is the air. Widespread and repeated l...

26 Oct 2025

Once upon a time, our software was simple. All it took was a database, a user interface, and some glue code between them...

04 Aug 2025

It’s not worth rehashing that the tech landscape is undergoing a tectonic shift. Thirty minutes on LinkedIn can fe...

12 Jul 2025

Excellence is unlikely to happen if you don’t address the hard problems early in project execution. Habits for cultivati...