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2026

The Engineer Assessment Daemon: Catching performance drift early original ↗

2 Sept 2026

What the fitness tracker I built with AI taught me about why your company still needs to buy software original ↗

26 Aug 2026

Coach and judge original ↗

19 Aug 2026

When agents write the code, what makes us engineers?original ↗

12 Aug 2026

AI writing smells original ↗

5 Aug 2026

The factory floor metaphor for AI coding agents original ↗

29 Jul 2026

The operational risk of AI coding agents in B2B SaaS original ↗

22 Jul 2026

You’re about to use AI to build the wrong thing faster original ↗

15 Jul 2026

Advice to new grads: take any job you can get in the industry original ↗

8 Jul 2026

Engineering the operating model original ↗

1 Jul 2026

Why software engineers are grieving original ↗

25 Jun 2026

At last, quality engineering might finally happen original ↗

17 Jun 2026

60-amp engineering in a 200-amp world original ↗

11 Jun 2026

The inspection model is breaking original ↗

3 Jun 2026

Judgment is the skill that matters most in the AI era original ↗

27 May 2026

Your defect backlog is a retention report original ↗

20 May 2026

The bottleneck has moved: redesigning the SDLC for AI original ↗

6 May 2026

The real AI coding revolution: learning speed, not coding speed original ↗

22 Apr 2026

AI coding in a traditional company: what it actually takes original ↗

15 Apr 2026

The player/coach trap: why Engineering Managers shouldn’t be expected to code original ↗

25 Mar 2026

You can’t build loosely coupled software with loosely coupled teams original ↗

18 Mar 2026

How to earn credibility with engineers (lessons from a college radio station)original ↗

11 Mar 2026

The invisible foundation of engineering transformation original ↗

4 Mar 2026

From quality function to quality system: reimagining the Quality Engineer original ↗

25 Feb 2026

AI enables more complex systems — and elevates engineering original ↗

18 Feb 2026

Quality advisors, test automation, and the work that’s disappearing original ↗

11 Feb 2026

The discipline of the light hand original ↗

28 Jan 2026

A nine-point framework for rapidly assessing software-engineering organizations original ↗

21 Jan 2026

Unlocking high software engineering pace: Automate testing to test early and often original ↗

15 Jan 2026

2025

Unlocking high software engineering pace: Prevent unplanned work original ↗

1 Dec 2025

Unlocking high software engineering pace: Ruthlessly eliminate drag in your processes and technologies original ↗

13 Nov 2025

Unlocking high software engineering pace: Use CI/CD to drive real business agility original ↗

19 Sept 2025

Unlocking high software engineering pace: Partner with Product to pay down technical debt original ↗

19 Aug 2025

Unlocking high software engineering pace: Build less, ship frequently, learn faster original ↗

21 Jul 2025

Unlocking high software engineering pace: Drive adoption of AI original ↗

9 May 2025

Unlocking high software engineering pace: Strictly limit work in progress original ↗

5 May 2025

Unlocking high software engineering pace original ↗

5 May 2025

Keep seeking new challenges, keep learning new skills original ↗

17 Apr 2025

2024

Lessons learned in 35 years of making software original ↗

3 Jul 2024

2023

To move your career forward, focus on what your company thinks is valuable original ↗

21 Aug 2023

The farther you go up the ladder, the less it’s about your technical skills original ↗

14 Aug 2023

Surviving the downturn original ↗

7 Aug 2023

2022

Working in the software industry, circa 1989 original ↗

5 Jul 2022

2021

The hidden reason companies want you back in the office original ↗

1 Jul 2021

Nine tips for interviewing over Zoom original ↗

3 Jun 2021

Fortune’s careless aim original ↗

29 Apr 2021

Changing jobs during a pandemic original ↗

2 Feb 2021

2020

Ship Mode: Recognizing when it’s time to stop polishing your work and just ship it original ↗

16 Nov 2020

You are an impostor original ↗

9 Sept 2020

Too soon to declare victory on distributed work original ↗

20 Jul 2020

Communication: Throwing the ball so others can catch it original ↗

16 Jan 2020

2019

The Donald Rumsfeld School of Agile Software Delivery original ↗

13 Nov 2019

Sometimes you have the tiger by the tail, and sometimes the tiger has you in its mouth original ↗

3 Jul 2019

Your cloudy crystal ball original ↗

4 Apr 2019

2018

Failing to automate routine tasks is a waste of human potential original ↗

27 Nov 2018

The manager infodeck: Quickly helping new teams and new employees get to know you original ↗

20 Nov 2018

Love your salespeople because they make your paychecks not bounce original ↗

16 Aug 2018

Moving on is a simple thing; what it leaves behind is hard original ↗

7 Aug 2018

Knowing when to leave may be the hardest thing that anyone can learn original ↗

2 Aug 2018

The good you put into the world often comes back to you original ↗

17 Jul 2018

Technical problems can almost always be solved, but people problems are hard original ↗

15 Jun 2018

Where have all the 50-year-old software engineers gone?original ↗

26 Mar 2018

2017

Behaviors and traits of successful software companies (the ones where I’ve worked, anyway)original ↗

3 Jul 2017

You’re building a business original ↗

23 May 2017

Everyone pulling the cart in the same direction is more valuable than having the best product ideas original ↗

4 May 2017

Informal doesn’t scale original ↗

26 Jan 2017

Programming is the number one quality assurance activity original ↗

19 Jan 2017

2016

If you want your software to keep producing, be prepared to do some dirty work original ↗

28 Jul 2016

Stop outsourcing support original ↗

29 Mar 2016

How to hire an entry-level tester original ↗

18 Feb 2016

2015

Don’t piss off your users by suddenly changing your UI original ↗

24 Nov 2015

Fast failure recovery lets you take more risk and increase speed original ↗

27 Oct 2015

You can’t test it all original ↗

20 Oct 2015

The tester’s three mental models original ↗

13 Aug 2015

Three things I wish someone had told me when I started my career original ↗

28 Jul 2015

It’s remarkable that the “Great Glitch of July 8” doesn’t happen more often original ↗

14 Jul 2015

Endangered species: Managers and Directors of Quality Assurance original ↗

30 Jun 2015

Software technical writing is a dying career (but here’s what writers can do to stay in the software game)original ↗

16 Jun 2015

Myths of test automation – debunked!original ↗

8 Jun 2015

Renewing the network original ↗

24 Feb 2015

2014

Twenty-five years in the software salt mines original ↗

2 Jul 2014

A paean to BASIC original ↗

1 May 2014

When test automation is nothing more than turdpolishing original ↗

4 Apr 2014

Three-point estimation is a critical skill you should build right now original ↗

25 Feb 2014

If you want to ship software, stay in touch with how much you suck original ↗

21 Jan 2014

The power of continuous reestimation original ↗

7 Jan 2014

2013

Giving testers less to do original ↗

3 Sept 2013

“Software engineering” might be an oxymoron original ↗

6 Aug 2013

Four critical tips for getting your ideas implemented at work original ↗

18 Jul 2013

Multitasking hurts productivity original ↗

21 Jun 2013

The difference between quality and excellence original ↗

19 Jun 2013

I believe in “A teams” over “A players”original ↗

3 Jun 2013

Even a mediocre plan will work if everybody follows it original ↗

24 May 2013