LeadDoing
The RFC Process That Gets Read
Write the proposal while minds are still open — not after Slack already decided.
7 min · July 27, 2026
Lead
Tech leading and hard calls — stakeholders, direction, trade-offs.
LeadMastery
The Principal Engineer Plateau
After senior IC, the block is usually scope and evidence — not talent.
7 min · July 19, 2026
LeadDoing
Engineering Goals That Don't Evaporate
Setting and holding quarterly goals when every sprint is already on fire
7 min · July 12, 2026
LeadDoing
The Rewrite Decision
Whether you rewrite or refactor is a bet you're asking a room to fund — and most of us pitch it like it's a matter of taste.
8 min · July 3, 2026
LeadDoing
ADRs Nobody Reads (And How to Fix That)
Architecture Decision Records that stay alive — what makes docs get read vs quietly rot
6 min · June 24, 2026
LeadDoing
Stop Measuring Technical Debt. Start Pricing It.
Seventeen engineering metrics and zero dollars kills proposals in thirty seconds — here's the carry-cost worksheet that turns one module into a line item.
4 min · June 12, 2026
LeadDoing
What Tech Leads Actually Do (It's Not Architecture)
The role before the title — what changes the day you become the lead and what doesn't
6 min · June 5, 2026