When You’re Choking on Meetings, Stop Eating Donuts 🍩💼
When meetings stop yielding results, the instinct shouldn’t be to add more — it should be to ask *why*. More meetings don’t solve the problem; they just make it harder to breathe.
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).
The Blessing and Curse of Being a Truth-Teller 🤫
Being a truth-teller sounds noble in theory. In practice—at work and in life—it often sucks. Here’s what I’ve learned about the pros and cons of pushing for honesty.
💥 When Roles Change, So Do Relationships: How I Navigated a Strained Dynamic After Switching from Manager to IC
When I returned to being an IC, a trusted teammate and I clashed for the first time. Here’s what caused the tension, how we worked through it, and what I learned about leadership, trust, and shifting team dynamics.
Undermined from the Inside: A Cautionary Tale of Organizational Dysfunction
Undermining doesn’t always look like sabotage. Sometimes it’s a private thread. Sometimes it’s a well-meaning idea dropped into a pull request. But when roles get blurred and decisions bypass the people doing the work, dysfunction takes root.
🧠 We Want Better Resources for Knowledge Sharing
Documentation is one of the most valuable and neglected parts of any engineering org. If you're going to invest in it, make sure you're doing it right—without turning it into another pile of tech debt.
FUBAR: Stop Using Acronyms and Put Some Thought Into Names 💥
Stop naming things like you’re naming a military op. Acronyms, branding, and buzzwords make communication harder, not easier. Good naming is part of good developer experience. Put some care into it.