Extreme Programming 1999->2026
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The 3 product battles 84% of EMs lose
Only 1 out of 6 EMs is involved in product decisions
The death and revival of the hands-on Engineering Manager
Never prompted until today
3 things top 1% teams do differently
Hiring, parallelization, and why they stopped reviewing most PRs
Charting your team's knowledge & skills map
If you rebuilt your team again today, knowing what you know now, would it look the same?
Explaining to business people why building software is still hard
Explaining to business people why building software is still hard
The software engineering war
Most of us picked a side and won't budge. Which one are you on?
7 reasons experienced EMs get stuck
The mistakes that stall a career, even when you see them coming.
Building a code reviewer from your team's PR history
how to build a code review tool specific to your team
The "I don't know, Claude wrote this" pandemic
When Claude drives you off the cliff