Measure what matters, and be careful what you measure
When working with software engineers, try to create metrics that still work when they are gamed … because they will be gamed
team structure
When AI makes code cheap, knowing what not to build is the job
New on The Hallway Track, my chat with Sam Smith of Motion Sports
AI Didn’t Change the Job. It Revealed It.
The code was always the easy part. Opendate’s incoming CTO Matt Brown on the work AI can’t do for you, and why the engineers who thrive were never really in the business of writing software.
How engineering works at Dribbble
Episode one of “The Hallway Track” features a conversation with Patrick Byrne of Dribbble
Show and Tell: A better way to vet software engineers
Writing code has always been the easy part of a software engineering job. This has always been true, but it’s becoming more and more true as AI-based tools transform software engineering. This also means that… Read More »Show and Tell: A better way to vet software engineers
Busy is an information dam
If you seem too busy for your team, problems may boil over before you can address them.
Save QA for when the fall is deadly
Putting engineers in control and responsibly for their own quality for as long as you can increases a sense of ownership and care.