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Engineering leadership

20 essays on this topic, newest first.

September 2026

  1. Standard Gauge6 min

July 2026

  1. The Pin Factory and the Poem6 min

April 2026

  1. Why Faster AI Doesn’t Make Faster Companies5 min
  2. The Great InversionAI strategy · 5 min
  3. Building for the Wrong ModelAI strategy · 6 min
  4. Trust, But VerifyCraft · 6 min
  5. Leeloo Dallas, MemorypassField notes · 4 min
  6. Say What You MeanCraft · 6 min
  7. The Taste GapCraft · 8 min
  8. Think in Pieces7 min
  9. The Spec Is the Product7 min
  10. The New ManagementCraft · 6 min

March 2026

  1. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the K-Shaped EconomyField notes · 4 min
  2. It Is Time to Boil the Ocean7 min
  3. The Kitchen Is Open7 min

February 2026

  1. I Know Kung Fu: Loading Only What the Mission Needs5 min
  2. The $690B Question Wall Street Can’t Answer6 min
  3. Clawdbought: How OpenAI Acquired the Biggest Open-Source AgentHot take · 4 min
  4. 147,000 GitHub Stars in Two Weeks. Mac Mini Shortages. A 24% Stock Surge. The Market Just Told You Something.4 min

January 2026

  1. Claude Has Character. Your AI Has a Script.7 min