Archive - Practical Engineering Management

The Accelerator and the Brakes

Mastering Feedback Loops

2 hrs ago • Mirek Stanek

We Are Done as Managers According to Anthropic

Apr 20 • Mirek Stanek

The Ultimate Builder

What's Next For Leaders Like Me and You

Apr 13 • Mirek Stanek

The Physics of Firing

Why Your Team is Secretly Praying You’ll Pull the Trigger

Apr 6 • Mirek Stanek

March 2026

Are You Leading a Team, or Just a Group of Experts?

We all want a team of rockstars.

Mar 30 • Mirek Stanek

Donella Meadows’ Leverage Points for Engineering Leaders

Stop Doing Low-Leverage Interventions

Mar 23 • Mirek Stanek

I Built an Internal Governance Platform in Few Days Using AI

Most AI discussions focus on product features.

Mar 16 • Mirek Stanek

When You Can’t Match the Offer

A rite of passage every engineering leader eventually faces

Mar 9 • Mirek Stanek

The "Big Word" Tax

Why your vision needs more telemetry

Mar 2 • Mirek Stanek

February 2026

The Renaissance Engineer

AI didn’t kill the craft. It exposed it.

Feb 23 • Mirek Stanek

Your Data Matters More Than Your AI Integration

In today’s software landscape, there is an overemphasis on the plumbing of AI.

Feb 16 • Mirek Stanek

Who Should Not Run an AI Adoption in Your Company

Six Engineer Archetypes That Quietly Slow Teams Down

Feb 9 • Mirek Stanek

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