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When speed becomes strategy 💨
Startups thrive on speed and hustle. But when everything feels urgent, how can you tell what actually matters?
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A pint with Jimothy: on fear, ego, and hiring smarter
☕️ We started with coffee, like most chats do. Black for me, cappuccino for Jimothy (he actually prefers Jim, or James). Corner terrace, Singelgracht. One of those confusing Amsterdam afternoons where the sky can’t decide − sunlight breaks through the clouds, then ducks back behind them. Just long enough to let a few leaves blow
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When Slack starts to feel like a DDoS attack
In software engineering, we often rely on “exponential back-off” when retrying failed network requests − a technique where each subsequent attempt is spaced out further in time to avoid overloading the system. Oddly enough, I’ve found myself applying a similar concept to human communication. As a Engineering lead, I’m frequently on the receiving end of
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AI for Engineering managers: adapt now or trail behind
Remember when a five‑digit Stack Overflow score was a flex? Today that, and a vintage 2022 playbook will buy you precisely zero leverage. Yesterday’s job, tomorrow’s irrelevance Many Engineering managers still run on three rituals: However, none of those moves the product faster. Meanwhile, AI agents are quietly doing code reviews, generating boilerplate, even writing RFCs. The org chart hasn’t
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Impostor syndrome: kicking self-doubt to the curb
In a previous post, I looked at managing time effectively as an Engineering manager, drawing from Aviv Ben-Yosef’s insightful book, The Tech Executive Operating System. Today, let’s explore another valuable lesson from this book: how to recognize and handle impostor syndrome in the moments when it affects us most. We’re all familiar with IS − the