How fast you do code review is how fast you do everything. Your PR queue is the leading indicator of team velocity. Stacked PRs can help.

Your code becomes legacy software when it works. You build something to solve a problem, then the problem changes. Or best practices evolve. Or you hire team members with more experience. Or the world changes. Or you have more people touching the same code and your beautiful architectural vision did...

Your code becomes legacy software when it works. You build something to solve a problem, then the problem changes. Or best practices evolve. Or you hire team members with more experience. Or the world changes. Or you have more people touching the same code and your beautiful architectural vision did...

When code gets cheap operational excellence wins. Anyone can build a greenfield demo, but it takes engineering to run a service.

When code gets cheap operational excellence wins. Anyone can build a greenfield demo, but it takes engineering to run a service.

Here's how to navigate a tough job market from someone dumb enough to have done it before. Me.

Here's how to navigate a tough job market from someone dumb enough to have done it before. Me.

You can't win every bet. Your goal is to be a little more right than wrong and keep playing

You can't win every bet. Your goal is to be a little more right than wrong and keep playing

Minutes of planning save you days of programming. It is shocking how little planning it takes to make a big difference.

Minutes of planning save you days of programming. It is shocking how little planning it takes to make a big difference.

End-to-end tests are the best way to test your webapp, but they're flaky and annoying to write. I'm trying a new agentic approach that fixes the issue.

End-to-end tests are the best way to test your webapp, but they're flaky and annoying to write. I'm trying a new agentic approach that fixes the issue.

I called it a year in review but it's so much more.

I called it a year in review but it's so much more.

As we enter the funny week-without-time between Christmas and New Year, it's a great time to reflect. Here's a framework I like to use.

As we enter the funny week-without-time between Christmas and New Year, it's a great time to reflect. Here's a framework I like to use.

You're building systems and tools to help companies grow without drowning in work. This fuels your equity, career capital, and reputation.

You're building systems and tools to help companies grow without drowning in work. This fuels your equity, career capital, and reputation.

After almost 3 years of writing, research, and editing Scaling Fast is now available in paperback and ebook wherever books are sold 🥳

After almost 3 years of writing, research, and editing Scaling Fast is now available in paperback and ebook wherever books are sold 🥳

What did you do, for whom, did it work

What did you do, for whom, did it work

you were asked to lead or own a project. Now what? Here are a few practical steps to help you succeed.

you were asked to lead or own a project. Now what? Here are a few practical steps to help you succeed.

Ball of mud is the world's most popular software architecture. The one we all use at work. But it sucks to work with. So what do you do?

Ball of mud is the world's most popular software architecture. The one we all use at work. But it sucks to work with. So what do you do?

Remember when AI was gonna take our jobs? I've never felt busier. The more I get done, the more there is to do.

Remember when AI was gonna take our jobs? I've never felt busier. The more I get done, the more there is to do.

Stakeholders are silly people. Everything feels important and urgent. Stack ranking helps