2026

A hill to die on27 Apr Agentic coding22 Feb Multiple Agents and Xcode14 Feb

2024

Observing6 Oct New Coach22 Aug Bouldering18 Jun Dash Story3 Jun Beyond Blame30 May Delivery Matters28 May Probation Expectations26 May A framework to fix issues23 May 🌳 New Opportunities TLDR22 May Exploring with GPT19 May Delivering Feedback18 May New Opportunities (Why)4 Apr Running Tips8 Feb Collective issues2 Feb Motivation17 Jan Leaders and Managers14 Jan

2023

Álvaro de Campos4 Sep Heroes2 Sep Emails and moving on4 Aug Small things3 Aug Flash2 Aug Dungeons and Dragons1 Aug Wet Tomatoes31 Jul Exercised (book)30 Jul Business Goals29 Jul Guiding line for new managers28 Jul Post Mortem27 Jul Revelation Space26 Jul Food21 Jul Man's reach20 Jul The Manual (part 2)19 Jul Fast forward18 Jul A new podcast17 Jul RE: Measuring the World16 Jul Twitter nastiness15 Jul Measuring the world14 Jul World class talent13 Jul A fine quote12 Jul Avoiding friction11 Jul Cardiovascular apps10 Jul Twitter Blow Up9 Jul The cost of bad takes8 Jul Engineering Intensity7 Jul Threads6 Jul Manual: Epictetus5 Jul Software engineers as gardeners4 Jul Heart Rate Dip Insights3 Jul Entropy2 Jul Manager's opinion1 Jul Wet grass30 Jun Grabbing candidates attention29 Jun Providing space28 Jun Let go control27 Jun In the evenings26 Jun Repetition25 Jun Idleness24 Jun Strawberries23 Jun Strangers22 Jun Erik21 Jun A fog that lifted20 Jun Father's day19 Jun Imaginary Problems Are the Root of Bad Software18 Jun Stop and move on17 Jun Fifth Science16 Jun Shattered Trust15 Jun Closing the Loop14 Jun Killing a community13 Jun Lex12 Jun Degraded skills11 Jun Hiring is still hard10 Jun The opposite9 Jun Hybrid work8 Jun Saudade7 Jun Andy's thoughts on VisionPro6 Jun When meditation doesn't work5 Jun Walking in nature4 Jun Newsletters3 Jun Diablo 42 Jun Recruitment fees1 Jun Challenges31 May Rejecting a rejection30 May Physics29 May blueprint28 May 18327 May Taking Criticism26 May GitHub profile25 May Leaders24 May Friction23 May Behaviour and Cultural session22 May Lego Technic21 May Next20 May Lonely endeavours19 May Mismanagement18 May Changing opinion17 May Switching Hats16 May Intro call15 May Knowing more14 May Genius13 May Vital's Hiring Manifesto12 May Some things never change11 May Books over articles10 May Startups9 May Hard conversations8 May Burnout7 May Standing Out (Part 2)6 May Worned5 May Mojo (part 2)4 May Surrounded3 May Mojo2 May Things are online1 May Working in Progress30 Apr Moving On (again)29 Apr Bluesky28 Apr “Some Things I Think”27 Apr Past struggles26 Apr The Art of Leadership25 Apr Taking responsability24 Apr Product Engineer23 Apr Feedback22 Apr Communication21 Apr Liability20 Apr Prove X19 Apr Load Balancer18 Apr Artificial Altercations17 Apr Dead and Buried16 Apr Copy pasting ideas15 Apr Asking questions14 Apr What can I do?13 Apr “What you give up when moving into engineering management”12 Apr Cryptos and LLMs11 Apr Purpose of an EM10 Apr 2000 years later9 Apr Working backwards8 Apr Picking tech7 Apr Strength vs Weaknesses6 Apr Lotus5 Apr Looking For a Role / Hiring for a Role4 Apr Talk show?3 Apr Penrose2 Apr Eric and Roger1 Apr Physics Paralysis31 Mar Doing your best30 Mar Pause29 Mar Racing28 Mar Fitness+27 Mar 10 days in26 Mar Moving On from Foundation25 Mar Vacay24 Mar Sam on Lex23 Mar Recruiters on Whatsapp22 Mar Meditation21 Mar Habits20 Mar Tech Leads over Managers19 Mar Simplicity18 Mar Focusing on the wrong things17 Mar Diary16 Mar Execution trumps Everything15 Mar Highest Priority item14 Mar RFCs13 Mar Issue 1512 Mar Junior candidates11 Mar Everything Everywhere All at Once10 Mar Kendo9 Mar Communication at Senior level8 Mar Nonsense at Twitter7 Mar Withdrawing6 Mar Issue 145 Mar Great leaders traits4 Mar Step-by-step3 Mar User centric engineering2 Mar Humans over Processes1 Mar Explaining things28 Feb Acute confirmation bias27 Feb Issue 1326 Feb Concurrency in Go25 Feb Rejecting candidates24 Feb Writer's block23 Feb Raising exceptional people22 Feb APIs21 Feb Giving feedback20 Feb Issue 1219 Feb Compounding effects18 Feb The best candidates17 Feb React.js: The documentary16 Feb Determinism15 Feb Unusual situations14 Feb Conversations? What conversations?13 Feb Issue 1112 Feb Remote work as a manager11 Feb State of Affairs10 Feb Brand perception9 Feb FB: Managers to ICs8 Feb Product churn7 Feb Communication in remote environments6 Feb Issue 105 Feb Fitness and Health companies4 Feb Making sense of Fitness data3 Feb Therapy2 Feb Breaking trust1 Feb Managers who start the downfall31 Jan Logistical expectations30 Jan Issue 929 Jan Releasing on a B2B SaaS environment28 Jan Referrals27 Jan “What we look for in a resume” - Chip Huyen26 Jan Nonsense25 Jan Misaligned hierarchies24 Jan Seniority23 Jan Issue 822 Jan Mezzo-piano21 Jan Culture and Values20 Jan Trade offs19 Jan Gas acquired by Discord18 Jan Hiring for small companies17 Jan Growing Pains16 Jan Issue 715 Jan Feedback going wrong14 Jan Receiving feedback13 Jan Moods12 Jan Expectatioms11 Jan Talking with Customers10 Jan Asking for help (Meta)9 Jan Issue 68 Jan Second-Order thinking7 Jan Confirmation bias6 Jan Stressful moment5 Jan Shoping - Purging Meetings4 Jan Scaling Pain (Questions)3 Jan Small changes2 Jan Issue 51 Jan

2022

202231 Dec Asking for help30 Dec 20,000 hours as a Software Engineer29 Dec CV specific examples28 Dec Manager as a buffer27 Dec Managing Upwards26 Dec Issue 425 Dec Christmas Gifts24 Dec Humble Pie23 Dec Building trust22 Dec The lunatics are running the asylum21 Dec A quintet of articles20 Dec Side tasks19 Dec Issue 318 Dec Holding managers accountable (Part 2)17 Dec Writing16 Dec Holding managers accountable15 Dec IC to Manager14 Dec Estimations13 Dec Confidence12 Dec Issue 211 Dec Work diversity10 Dec Product Management9 Dec Survivorship Bias8 Dec ChatGPT7 Dec Drive at small companies6 Dec Productivity at small companies5 Dec Shards of Earth4 Dec Issue 13 Dec External recruitment2 Dec Standing Out30 Nov Handicap29 Nov Native Language28 Nov Elon and Twitter27 Nov Tech debt14 Nov Why EMs?26 Sep Scaling pains25 Sep Exploitation24 Aug The thing about hard things6 Aug Spotify is Broken28 Jun Twitter Content Quality14 Jun Not my job16 May

2021

Planning Session29 Dec iOS Role - Beginners Questions27 Dec Interviewing in 202111 Dec Coaching for performance (5th edition)26 Oct Trust14 Oct How I like to work as an IC1 Sep Eyes on the prize12 Jul "You need Software Developers to believe in your project"9 Jul Dependency Injection with Functions22 Jun How I like to work as a Manager16 May What's next (Part 2)30 Mar What's next (Part 1)26 Mar Social Network from first principles16 Feb On shows5 Jan

2020

Crucial Conversations [Book]15 Dec Monads20 Oct Career choices13 Oct Meetings Approach13 Oct Pick your Poison13 Oct Bool?24 Sep A half-hour to learn ReactiveSwift22 Sep Thoughts on Cross-platform2 Sep

2018

On Being an Engineer Manager (2018)13 Oct

2017

On Being an Engineer Manager (2017)17 Dec

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7 May 2023

Burnout

One day, sitting at my workstation, I stopped typing, stared blankly at the screen for a few seconds, and a switch flipped in my head.

Some things hit quite close home.