A deadline appears from somewhere above. The scope is already fixed. The complexity is underestimated. The team is told that it is “empowered”, which somehow means that it is now responsible for making the impossible possible. Quality becomes the thing everyone still talks about, but nobody has time to protect. People start cutting corners, but quietly, because admitting reality has…
Lately I’ve been thinking a lot about what it means to grow as an engineer, in a world where AI tools are becoming increasingly powerful. At first glance, it’s tempting to think we can just lean into automation. Why spend time writing boilerplate or struggling through implementation details when an assistant can generate a near-complete solution in seconds? However, what happens to…
In many engineering organizations, especially those that are small to mid-sized, the topic of technology governance can feel like overhead, something for larger enterprises with dedicated architecture boards. But in reality, governance isn’t about control. Done right, it’s about enabling engineers to move faster, collaborate better, and solve meaningful problems without unnecessary…