Sitemap - 2025 - Practical Engineering Management

My Year in Review

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

Career Advice for 2026

On Designing Systems, Not Just Shipping Code

On Cynism

The Quiet Disappearance of the QA Tester

ā€œI’m OK — You’re OKā€: A Leadership Position, Not a Personality Trait

Engineering Leaders Can Be the Most Powerful People Today

Overcommunicate. Focus on problems. Don’t work after hours.

Why We Are Afraid Of Vibe Coding Platforms

Automate Your Work with AI & Custom Scripts

Less Is More in Product Engineering

Prototyping with AI Agents (pt.2)

9 Practical Lessons from the 2025 DORA Research

Prototyping with AI Agents (pt.1)

The Hidden Cost of ā€œGood Enoughā€

Lessons From Building With AI Agents: 120k Lines of Code Later

Stop Reading About AI. Start Building With It

From Engineers to AI Operators

Your AI Strategy Is a Memo. Their AI Strategy Is Shipping.

AI Is Everywhere, But Trust in It Is Nowhere

AI Thrives on Clear Context and Tight Constraints

Why AI Works for Them But Not for You

Perfection is the Enemy of Progress

Hard Work is Overrated

You Need No Heroes

"Okay, But Our Team Is Different"

The Product Engineering Manifesto: How To

The Product Engineering Manifesto

Why ā€˜AI-Built Apps in Minutes’ Is a Lie

Instrumentation and Observability Culture

Find Your Westrum's Cultural Type

Westrum's Organizational Culture

How I Led Teams As Engineering Manager

Leadership Misconceptions

The Leader-Leader Framework

Shift from a Leader-Follower to a Leader-Leader Approach

Using the PRFAQ for Technical Projects

The Role of the Engineering Leader in QA Shift Left

How to Shift Testing Left, Practically

Leading QA Shift Left Transformation

AI Will Take Coders’ Jobs

Hands-on Engineering Manager

The Guild Leader—From Facilitator to Strategic Influencer

From ā€œGood Startā€ to ā€œGreat Cultureā€: Sustaining Your Engineering Guild

Why Your ā€œEngineering Guildā€ Is Quietly Failing And How to Make It Successful

Writing, Public Speaking, Open Source

"Cultural-Fit" Can Harm Your Team

Builder, Magician, Color Green or Achiever

I Build Code Auditing App For Engineering Leaders

Anxious Generation – Challenges of Future Leaders

Balancing Engineering Excellence with Business Value