Writing
Notes from the work.
Essays, short posts, and the occasional talk — mostly about engineering leadership, product craft, and how teams ship things that matter.
- Apr 2026AI & Engineering
AI can now write code that took you years to learn
What it means for engineers when models can produce code that used to take a career to master — and where human judgment still wins.
- Apr 2026Industry
I've seen a lot of big weeks in tech…
Notes on the pace of change in the industry and how to stay grounded when every week feels like an inflection point.
- Apr 2026Career
Five years before I became a manager…
The quiet shift that started years before the title — and what I wish I'd known about preparing for the leap into management.
- Apr 2026Leadership
On leadership, communication, and career growth
How clear communication compounds into trust, opportunity, and the kind of career that doesn't depend on luck.
- Apr 2026AI
An ancient Indian fable predicted the AI moment
A short parable that captures, better than any framework, what's actually happening as AI reshapes how we work.
- Apr 2026Leadership
Notes on leadership and engineering management
What I've learned about growing engineers, protecting focus, and making the org chart serve the work — not the other way around.
- Apr 2026Future of Work
The future of work in an AI-first world
Where AI is actually changing tech leadership today — and what stays stubbornly, irreducibly human.
- Apr 2026Leadership
Growth mindset and executive presence
Executive presence isn't a costume. It's the visible version of the work you've put into how you think.
- Mar 2026Engineering Management
Engineering management in the generative AI era
How the manager's job is changing as generative AI reshapes what software engineering looks like day to day.
- Mar 2026Career
Software engineering, leadership, and career growth
The connection between technical depth and long-term career trajectory — and why neither survives without the other.
- Mar 2026Mentorship
Leadership, software engineering, and mentorship
Mentorship isn't a side project — it's one of the highest-leverage things a senior engineer or manager can do.
- Mar 2026Career
Your ability to pivot isn't just a nice skill
Why adaptability has quietly become one of the most valuable traits in modern tech careers.
- Feb 2026Strategy
Product management, AI strategy, and leadership
How product, AI strategy, and engineering leadership have to move together to ship anything that matters.
- Jan 2026Productivity
Productivity, leadership, and personal development
The systems and habits that quietly compound into better work — and a calmer week.
- Jan 2026Deep Work
The 5 AM club, productivity, and deep work
What actually happens when you protect the first hours of your day for the work that matters most.
- Dec 2025Leadership
Leadership and radical candor
Care personally, challenge directly — and what it actually looks like in the messy middle of real teams.
- Dec 2025Career
Leadership and the IC career path
Why the individual contributor track deserves the same intentional career design we give to managers.
- Nov 2024Microsoft 365
The future of video in Microsoft 365
How modern collaboration is reshaping the way teams create, share, and learn from video at work.