Inclusive practices that win will beget more inclusion
·1 min
Charity Majors takes on the recent rollbacks of DEI policies at major companies, writing that Corporate “DEI” is an imperfect vehicle for deeply meaningful ideals.
Management
2025
Deepseek Staffs for Innovation Potential
·2 mins
How did DeepSeek achieve such remarkable capabilites in their recent models? In various interviews, founder Liang Wenfeng explains his approach on staffing a culture of innovation.
Infrastructure Gravity and Domain Engineering
·2 mins
Jack Danger explains the concepts of Infrastructure Gravity & Domain Engineering in an excerpt from his book, Executive Engineering.
Overcoming Resistance to Extreme Programming
·2 mins
Benji Webber provides a list of tips for overcoming resistance to Extreme Programming.
2024
Startups Do Not Need To Take On Technical Debt
·2 mins
Startups engineers often make a false dichotomy between moving fast and writing clean code, taking on unnecessary tech debt. Improving skills and good leadership can manage tech debt and keep code maintainable.
Firefighting all the time?
·2 mins
Startups can often find themselves firefighting due to technical debt. Here are 4 steps to start pulling your company to a more proactive state.
Improve Quality By Achieving Excellence
·2 mins
Too often quality focuses on reducing bugs or crashes. This leads to a focus on avoiding errors. Instead, seek to create a culture and organization that is focused on achieving excellence.
Improve Quality Through Domain Knowledge
·2 mins
Quality in products requires more than test coverage; engineers benefit from a deep understanding of the problem domain and user personas.
2015
Four Things I Wish I Knew When I Became a Tech Lead
·9 mins
You can’t learn everything on the job. Lead for the team. Overcommunicate. Lean on people smarter than you.