Happy Friday,There are interesting shifts in the industry in terms of the roles companies are looking for and how they're described. Folks are hiring GTM folks and FDEs as though the industry only half-paid attention to concepts over 20 years ago abo...
Happy Friday!In the mix of all the AI conversation, there is a common thread about how much output it can produce. Other threads are about the quality of it and its consequences. In software, this has led to a lot of conversations about whether certa...
Happy Friday!Sometimes I feel like there's a topic I just need to rant about, and about a month ago, I wanted to rant about dependencies.So I did.YouTubehttps://youtu.be/WAZrZSt6tO4?si=71-xhRlzU2nn72veI think the reason why is that I keep seeing folk...
Happy Friday,This week I moved most of my beehives to a new location. I knew it would be challenging, but it turns out that was me being optimistic. As I sit here this morning, I'm reminded of how similar this is to new projects.To move beehives, you...
Happy Friday,In a perfect world, things work out the way we wish they did. You might know someone who has a life like that. Unfortunately, most of us aren't that person, and things don't go the way we want.We get some choices when things go poorly. O...
Happy Friday,Yesterday I hosted the webinar, "Lies Our Engineering Metrics Tell Us."You can watch the replay of it here.You may have noticed that it's a new YouTube channel. I created it today to slowly move my leadership/technical content there to g...
Happy Friday,I don't want to be an AI influencer or anything like that, but ignoring its impact would be ridiculous.I want to share some ideas I had that are untested about how you might put AI agents to work in larger code bases.If you'd like to pil...
Happy Friday,Today's topic is about signals. Also bees. This week has been all about bees for me, so why not wrap it up by including it in my newsletter?Signals are a pretty simple concept in that they act as a useful indicator that forces action. Tr...
Happy Friday!I finally got around to posting my beekeeping video, so if you want, you can take a look at that at the bottom of the newsletter.I've been thinking a lot about metrics and measures as I prepare for my upcoming webinar and private worksho...
Happy Friday,One thing I've found myself using AI for regularly is to ask it, "What ideas haven't we considered?" or "What would be something new to try?" AI read through my articles, newsletters, notes, and other things and suggested I offer worksho...