2026
How I approached Showing Your Work
How I used AI to actually apply a book to my life, and the public posture that fell out of it.
Things I’m building, teams I’m leading, habits I’m creating, and hobbies I enjoy. I’ll try for weekly — and when I don’t, I’ll let you know.
How I used AI to actually apply a book to my life, and the public posture that fell out of it.
The four fundamental team types from Team Topologies, stream-aligned, enabling, complicated-subsystem, and platform, and how to design team boundaries deliberately instead of reactively.
The three modes of team interaction from Team Topologies, collaboration, X-as-a-Service, and facilitating, and the anti-patterns that emerge when team interactions aren't consciously designed.
A summary of Jonathan Rauch's case for the reality-based community, the norms that keep truth-seeking honest, and why epistemic chaos is the modern threat.
Why team structure and dynamics matter more than individual brilliance, and how small, stable, long-lived teams with clear ownership produce better software.
Infrastructure should support innovation, not be it. The case for boring technology, vendor-supported solutions, and protecting the innovation budget for customer-facing work.
Why centring the release process around a build artifact gets you speed, simplicity, and traceability, and why infrastructure delivery is a different beast that deserves its own pipeline.