When engineering becomes promotion-drivenMay 13, 2026•5 min readThe difference between impact and visibility, and how promotion-driven cultures slowly distort engineering decisions, team dynamics, and technical ownership.
April 21, 2026#73 The dystopian illusion of AI productivityAI isn’t inherently dystopian, but delegating without understanding can push us there. As it becomes an agent-like abstraction that acts instead of just assisting, we risk losing ownership and intuition.Read full article
March 17, 2026#72 Cultivating serendipitySerendipity is often mistaken for luck, but it rarely happens by chance. It comes from consistently putting yourself in new situations, trying, failing, and adjusting along the way.Read full article
February 23, 2026#71 Becoming friends with AII didn’t adopt AI because I loved it. I adopted it the same way you build trust with a new coworker: slowly, with boundaries, and by learning how to work together.Read full article
January 13, 2026#70 Building software that is meant to disappearHow short lifespans change the way we design, maintain, and care about software. Why speed can help, but only when it's intentional, and why assuming AI will fix everything later can lead to shortcuts today. This is not against change. It's about asking what deserves to last.Read full article
