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What Big Companies Get Wrong (and Right) About Creative Engineering
You don’t scale creativity with headcount.
Nov 13, 2025
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“It’s Done” Is a Lie Without Shared Understanding
There’s a dangerous moment in most engineering teams.
Sep 18, 2025
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The Skill That Defines Great Engineering Leaders (But Rarely Gets Taught)
When I first became a CTO, I thought my job was to be the smartest technical person in the room.
Sep 11, 2025
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My 20 Year Career is Technical Debt or Deprecated
May 15, 2023
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What “Done” Should Actually Mean on Product Engineering Teams
Apr 15, 2025
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The Tech Leader's Guide to Managing Up, Down, and Across
Apr 17, 2025
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You’re Not the Bottleneck Anymore
Apr 22, 2025
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"I Could Never Speak at Conferences" and Other Things Tech Experts Tell Themselves
Apr 24, 2025
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Manual Testing Is Too Slow. Scripted Testing Is Too Fragile. Here’s What’s Next.
May 29, 2025
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The MVP Mindset Is Dead. Build for Validation, Not Version One.
It’s never been faster to build software.
Sep 4, 2025
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When Product Strategy Turns Into Lord of the Flies
You’ve got smart people.
Aug 28, 2025
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AI Won’t Save the 20% of Developer Time You’re Wasting on Friction
Every engineering leader wants their team to move faster.
Aug 21, 2025
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You Can’t Hire Product Thinkers in the AI Era with Execution Interviews Alone
When any LLM can solve your coding problem in five seconds, interviewing for “the right answer” is interviewing for the past.
Aug 14, 2025
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Delegation Isn’t Done Until You Clear These 5 Hurdles
Handing off tickets doesn’t buy you a good night’s sleep.
Aug 7, 2025
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How I Vet a Technical Co-Founder
When a founder tells me they “just need a CTO,” my first question is which one.
Jul 31, 2025
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What Kind of CTO Are You Becoming?
Most CTOs don’t get hired into the role.
Jul 24, 2025
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How to Build Feedback Loops Your Engineers Will Actually Use
And Why Today’s the Day to Start
Jul 17, 2025
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500 Hours, 20 Years: What I Learned Writing the Engineering Leadership Playbook
It’s here! The first copy of Product Driven!
Jul 15, 2025
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