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23 Aug 2026

The meeting you should replace with a doc — note 257

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21 Aug 2026

When a vendor becomes your process — note 256

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18 Aug 2026

When leadership means clearing drag, not adding process (2025)

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13 Aug 2026

Hiring for ownership, not theatrical confidence under real load

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06 Aug 2026

Teaching judgment without becoming a bottleneck under real load

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01 Aug 2026

Growing seniors who can grow others (2024)

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29 Jul 2026

Mentoring in public without performing when the calendar is full

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23 Jul 2026

Trust compounds slower than roadmaps without the theater

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19 Jul 2026

When a vendor becomes your process: a field note

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17 Jul 2026

Hand-offs that preserve context when the calendar is full

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14 Jul 2026

Career conversations that change next week’s work: what I watch for

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07 Jul 2026

Collaboration tax and how to cut it: what I watch for

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04 Jul 2026

Hiring for ownership, not theatrical confidence without the theater

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03 Jul 2026

Exit strategies for bought AI tooling — note 236

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22 Jun 2026

When leadership means clearing drag, not adding process in practice

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21 Jun 2026

Pairing as coaching, not surveillance in practice

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17 Jun 2026

Build the harness, buy the commodity: a field note

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08 Jun 2026

Collaboration tax and how to cut it: a field note

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05 Jun 2026

Growing seniors who can grow others — note 227

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02 Jun 2026

Integration debt after the purchase under real load

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24 May 2026

Teaching judgment without becoming a bottleneck (2024)

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18 May 2026

Reorganizing when the product shape changes under real load

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13 May 2026

Teaching judgment without becoming a bottleneck

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05 May 2026

Feedback that lands after incidents

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02 May 2026

The new cost of custom: maintenance, not typing in practice

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23 Apr 2026

When product and platform disagree productively — note 213

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16 Apr 2026

Hiring for ownership, not theatrical confidence (2024)

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12 Apr 2026

Cross-team work without a shared roadmap — working notes

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08 Apr 2026

Ceremony is optional; continuity is not without the theater

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07 Apr 2026

Working agreements that age well: a field note

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01 Apr 2026

Reorganizing when the product shape changes — note 206

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29 Mar 2026

Exit strategies for bought AI tooling: what I watch for

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23 Mar 2026

Coaching through ambiguity without stealing the work — note 203

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21 Mar 2026

Career conversations that change next week’s work — note 202

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19 Mar 2026

Integration debt after the purchase

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18 Mar 2026

Judgment under load: what managers actually practice in practice

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09 Mar 2026

Exit strategies for bought AI tooling — note 197

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23 Feb 2026

Cross-team work without a shared roadmap: a field note

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21 Feb 2026

Build less, own more of the outcome in practice

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20 Feb 2026

Growing seniors who can grow others (2025)

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17 Feb 2026

The meeting you should replace with a doc in practice

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08 Feb 2026

Interfaces between teams beat shared Slack channels when the calendar is full

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06 Feb 2026

Cross-team work without a shared roadmap for engineering leaders

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02 Feb 2026

Buy vs build when AI compresses build time in practice

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24 Jan 2026

When to sponsor, when to step back under real load

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23 Jan 2026

Reorganizing when the product shape changes for engineering leaders

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15 Jan 2026

Hand-offs that preserve context without the theater

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07 Jan 2026

Mentorship that survives calendar chaos: what I watch for

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05 Jan 2026

Shared ownership across org boundaries in practice

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31 Dec 2025

Leaders who stay close to the craft when the calendar is full

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30 Dec 2025

Alignment is a protocol, not a meeting (2025)

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27 Dec 2025

When a vendor becomes your process — note 172

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25 Dec 2025

Coaching through ambiguity without stealing the work

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14 Dec 2025

Coaching juniors through AI-assisted workflows — note 168

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01 Dec 2025

Trust compounds slower than roadmaps under real load

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18 Nov 2025

Hiring for ownership, not theatrical confidence — working notes

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16 Nov 2025

Exit strategies for bought AI tooling for engineering leaders

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11 Nov 2025

Working agreements that age well — note 157

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07 Nov 2025

Mentoring in public without performing without the theater

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01 Nov 2025

When a vendor becomes your process when the calendar is full

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29 Oct 2025

Alignment is a protocol, not a meeting — note 151

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22 Oct 2025

Build less, own more of the outcome under real load

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15 Oct 2025

Growing seniors who can grow others — working notes

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11 Oct 2025

Build the harness, buy the commodity — note 146

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24 Sep 2025

When to sponsor, when to step back (2024)

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23 Sep 2025

Leaders who stay close to the craft for engineering leaders

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12 Sep 2025

Cross-team work without a shared roadmap — note 138

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11 Sep 2025

Judgment under load: what managers actually practice — note 137

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09 Sep 2025

When to sponsor, when to step back when the calendar is full

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06 Sep 2025

The psychology of asking for help in engineering under real load

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11 Aug 2025

When to sponsor, when to step back

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10 Aug 2025

The new cost of custom: maintenance, not typing

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07 Aug 2025

Mentorship that survives calendar chaos in practice

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03 Aug 2025

Mentorship that survives calendar chaos

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02 Aug 2025

Interfaces between teams beat shared Slack channels (2025)

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29 Jul 2025

Alignment is a protocol, not a meeting: a field note

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28 Jul 2025

Exit strategies for bought AI tooling — working notes

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24 Jul 2025

Alignment is a protocol, not a meeting without the theater

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16 Jul 2025

Build less, own more of the outcome when the calendar is full

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14 Jul 2025

Hand-offs that preserve context — note 116

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10 Jul 2025

Interfaces between teams beat shared Slack channels — note 115

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07 Jul 2025

Build the harness, buy the commodity — note 114

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02 Jul 2025

Coaching juniors through AI-assisted workflows — note 112

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27 Jun 2025

Interfaces between teams beat shared Slack channels without the theater

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05 Jun 2025

Cross-team work without a shared roadmap without the theater

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02 Jun 2025

Ceremony is optional; continuity is not

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28 May 2025

When leadership means clearing drag, not adding process — working notes

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21 May 2025

The meeting you should replace with a doc for engineering leaders

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19 May 2025

Platforms you buy still need owners: a field note

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15 May 2025

Collaboration tax and how to cut it

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07 May 2025

When a vendor becomes your process: what I watch for

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05 May 2025

Coaching juniors through AI-assisted workflows

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04 May 2025

Leaders who stay close to the craft without the theater

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30 Apr 2025

Mentoring in public without performing: a field note

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23 Apr 2025

When product and platform disagree productively when the calendar is full

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18 Apr 2025

Mentoring in public without performing — working notes

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13 Apr 2025

Judgment under load: what managers actually practice: what I watch for

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08 Apr 2025

Cross-team work without a shared roadmap when the calendar is full

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02 Apr 2025

Alignment is a protocol, not a meeting — note 76

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01 Apr 2025

When product and platform disagree productively without the theater

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27 Mar 2025

Ownership is a design problem, not a pep talk

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21 Mar 2025

Shared ownership across org boundaries — note 71

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19 Mar 2025

Conflict as a design input — working notes

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14 Mar 2025

Career conversations that change next week’s work when the calendar is full

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13 Mar 2025

Working agreements that age well — note 68

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07 Mar 2025

Platforms you buy still need owners

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05 Mar 2025

The quiet work of keeping delivery honest: what I watch for

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25 Feb 2025

Shared ownership across org boundaries

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23 Feb 2025

Working agreements that age well under real load

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21 Feb 2025

Reorganizing when the product shape changes in practice

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08 Feb 2025

Hiring for ownership, not theatrical confidence in practice

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04 Feb 2025

When product and platform disagree productively — working notes

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31 Jan 2025

Buy vs build when AI compresses build time without the theater

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21 Jan 2025

Hand-offs that preserve context under real load

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19 Jan 2025

Pairing as coaching, not surveillance

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11 Jan 2025

Build less, own more of the outcome

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09 Jan 2025

Conflict as a design input: what I watch for

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03 Jan 2025

Alignment is a protocol, not a meeting: what I watch for

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30 Dec 2024

Growing seniors who can grow others

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29 Dec 2024

Career conversations that change next week’s work for engineering leaders

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28 Dec 2024

Hand-offs that preserve context

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27 Dec 2024

Cross-team work without a shared roadmap

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19 Dec 2024

Buy vs build when AI compresses build time

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18 Dec 2024

When a vendor becomes your process

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09 Dec 2024

The psychology of asking for help in engineering

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07 Dec 2024

Judgment under load: what managers actually practice

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04 Dec 2024

The meeting you should replace with a doc under real load

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29 Nov 2024

Interfaces between teams beat shared Slack channels

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22 Nov 2024

Hiring for ownership, not theatrical confidence

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16 Nov 2024

When product and platform disagree productively

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13 Nov 2024

Mentoring in public without performing under real load

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08 Nov 2024

Build the harness, buy the commodity for engineering leaders

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05 Nov 2024

The quiet work of keeping delivery honest

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01 Nov 2024

When leadership means clearing drag, not adding process

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28 Oct 2024

Mentoring in public without performing

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19 Oct 2024

Leaders who stay close to the craft

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13 Oct 2024

Exit strategies for bought AI tooling when the calendar is full

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10 Oct 2024

Alignment is a protocol, not a meeting

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07 Oct 2024

The meeting you should replace with a doc

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04 Oct 2024

Working agreements that age well

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27 Sep 2024

Trust compounds slower than roadmaps

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24 Sep 2024

Exit strategies for bought AI tooling

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19 Sep 2024

Reorganizing when the product shape changes

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09 Sep 2024

Career conversations that change next week’s work

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06 Sep 2024

Build the harness, buy the commodity

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29 Aug 2024

Conflict as a design input

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28 Aug 2024

Make-or-buy with agents in the mix

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