Tag: management

• Four Questions I Answer Every Week

  28 November 2025 - How I use weekly updates to provide visibility, track productivity, and build trust with my manager.

• Estimation, Pragmatism, and the Real World

  28 July 2025 - Why estimation isn't dead, and how to use it pragmatically to build trust and reduce surprise.

• Cycle Time Isn't Your North Star

  14 July 2025 - Many teams obsess over DORA metrics, but speed alone isn't a strategy. This post explores why these metrics are useful signals, not your true north and how to anchor measurement...

• Engineering Toil - Seeing the Unseen Work

  23 June 2025 - It's easy to admire the peak moments in engineering: shipping features, the incident recovery, the burst of innovation after months of foundational work. But beneath the visible achievements sits something...

• Optimising teams through the Theory of Constraints

  09 June 2025 - Using the Theory of Constraints to improve team delivery

• Stuff I learned at cinch

  19 February 2024 - Today's my last day at cinch, where I was a Tech Lead across multiple teams for the past two and a half years. I've learned so much working there, and...

• Notes on An Elegant Puzzle

  24 January 2021 - Will Larson's excellent "An Elegant Puzzle" deep dives into every aspect of being a tech leader at modern software companies

• Notes on A Manager's Path

  10 January 2021 - Camille Fournier's "A Manager's Path" is a guide for navigating the technical career ladder

• Managing Software Projects

  01 December 2020 - During my time working on software projects, I've began to spot trends in what makes a successful project. The most common trait I've observed in successful projects is great communication...