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⚔️ The Raid Leader’s Guide to Engineering Teams

⚔️ The Raid Leader’s Guide to Engineering Teams

When the Demogorgon shows up, you’d better have the right party. In Part 2 of my RPG series, I share how to balance your engineering team like a pro — from role gaps to flex builds to knowing when your party’s become a guild.

🎭 Role-Playing Archetypes of Engineers (Stranger Things Have Happened)

🎭 Role-Playing Archetypes of Engineers (Stranger Things Have Happened)

Engineering teams are like RPG parties: tanks, mages, rogues, and healers all working together. Here’s how I think about engineer archetypes — and why I lead like a Raid Leader, not the hero. 🎮✨

The Many Faces of Power: A Field Guide to Leaders Who Rise, Rule, and Ruin

The Many Faces of Power: A Field Guide to Leaders Who Rise, Rule, and Ruin

Watching today’s world stage made me reflect on the leaders I’ve worked with up close. Not emperors or generals, but executives, managers, and founders. Different scale, same patterns. This is a field guide to leadership archetypes that rise in uncertainty and what they quietly cost us.

Why I Love Pull Requests (and How You Can Too) 📝💬

Why I Love Pull Requests (and How You Can Too) 📝💬

Pull requests aren’t just for catching bugs — they’re for leveling up your team. Here’s how to make the most of them (and avoid common PR pitfalls).

Faith, Frameworks, and Finding Purpose 🙏💻✨

Faith, Frameworks, and Finding Purpose 🙏💻✨

In the spirit of the season 🎄—a playful look at how programming languages and frameworks evolve like religions, and why staying open-minded will make you a better engineer.

📚 Pitfalls & Anti-Patterns: A Glossary for Engineers, Managers, and Product People

📚 Pitfalls & Anti-Patterns: A Glossary for Engineers, Managers, and Product People

A friendly glossary of common traps, anti-patterns, and bad habits that creep into engineering, product, and management work—so you can spot them (and avoid them!) next time they show up.

Don’t Go Chasing Waterfalls 🌊

Don’t Go Chasing Waterfalls 🌊

We all agree waterfall is broken. Somehow, we keep rebuilding it every 90 days and calling it progress. This is a critique of quarterly planning, control culture, and the illusion that you can schedule flow.