Essays

60 posts

Jun 27

The “Uber” Principle of Deadline Management

Jun 20

The cost of mistakes in software development

Jan 02

Jun 16

Ask Your Developer: How to Harness the Power of Software Developers and Win in the 21st Century

May 29

Thinking in Bets: Making Smarter Decisions When You Don't Have All the Facts?

May 24

Make Time: How to Focus on What Matters Every Day

Mar 15

The Five Dysfunctions of the Product and Engineering Relationship

Mar 01

I cannot work with my CPO

Feb 11

A Standard of Performance for Engineering Teams

Jan 24

Jan 17

OKRs and Roadmaps

Jan 10

The Sunk "Code" Fallacy

Jan 03

2021 year in review

Nov 23

Develop and support engineering managers

Oct 29

A framework to improve performance

Oct 15

The CTO as DNS server

Sep 22

Should startups hire junior developers?

Sep 14

The startup CTO growth cycle

Jul 28

Assessing an engineering team’s performance

Jun 18

Time management is the root of all team problems