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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AI Can Erode Engineering Skills

The Muscle We Cannot Afford to Lose

Feb 2 • Mirek Stanek

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January 2026

The Friction Board (Part 2 of The User-Friendly Engineering Framework)

How to Find What’s Actually Broken Before You Design Anything

Jan 26 • Mirek Stanek

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The "User-Friendly" Engineering Framework

Your Product Isn’t User-Friendly. It Just Makes Sense To You.

Jan 19 • Mirek Stanek

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The Single Responsibility of Engineering Leaders

It’s Not Focus. It’s Increasing the Odds

Jan 12 • Mirek Stanek

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Engineering Teams Will Shrink in 2026

How to prepare for shift that has already started

Jan 5 • Mirek Stanek

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December 2025

My Year in Review

And Why I’m Not Chasing a CTO Role

Dec 29, 2025 • Mirek Stanek

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AI Isn’t Here to Replace Us. It’s Here to Make Us Better Operators.

And most engineers are still missing the opportunity.

Dec 22, 2025 • Mirek Stanek

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Career Advice for 2026

How to stay relevant in engineering industry

Dec 15, 2025 • Mirek Stanek

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On Designing Systems, Not Just Shipping Code

Buckminster Fuller For Engineers

Dec 8, 2025 • Mirek Stanek

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On Cynism

"Nothing Will Change" Mentality

Dec 1, 2025 • Mirek Stanek

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November 2025

The Quiet Disappearance of the QA Tester

AI didn’t kill QA — the feedback loop did

Nov 24, 2025 • Mirek Stanek

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