"Good engineering management" is a fad đź”—
As I get older, I increasingly think about whether I’m spending my time the right way to advance my career and my life. This is also a question that y [...]
Irrational Exuberance
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Crafting Engineering Strategy! đź”—
On November 3rd, 2023, I posted Thoughts on writing and publishing Primer to celebrate the completion of my work on my prior book, The Engineering Exe [...]
Commenting on Notion docs via OpenAI and Zapier. đź”—
One of my side quests at work is to get a simple feedback loop going where we can create knowledge bases that comment on Notion documents. I was curio [...]
An agent to use Notion docs as prompts to comment on Notion docs. đź”—
Last weekend, I wrote a bit about using Zapier to load Notion pages as prompts to comment on other Notion pages. That worked well enough, but not that [...]
Moving from an orchestration-heavy to leadership-heavy management role. đź”—
For managers who have spent a long time reporting to a specific leader or working in an organization with well‑understood goals, it’s easy to develop [...]
Advancing the industry, part two. đź”—
I’m turning forty in a few weeks, and there’s a listicle archetype along the lines of “Things I’ve learned in the first half of my career as I turn fo [...]
What can agents actually do? đź”—
There’s a lot of excitement about what AI (specifically the latest wave of LLM-anchored AI) can do, and how AI-first companies are different from the [...]
What is the competitive advantage of authors in the age of LLMs? đź”—
Over the past 19 months, I’ve written Crafting Engineering Strategy, a book on creating engineering strategy. I’ve also been working increasingly with [...]
My desk setup in 2025. đź”—
Since 2020, I’ve been working on my desk setup, and I think I finally have it mostly pulled together at this point. I don’t really think my desk setup [...]
Stuff I learned at Carta. đź”—
Today’s my last day at Carta, where I got the chance to serve as their CTO for the past two years. I’ve learned so much working there, and I wanted to [...]