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The perfect harmony
Structuring the relationship between product and engineering management
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Designing the Data org
In some cases it is a no-brainer
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Industry roundup #8
The rise of the CLI
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Spreadsheets die hard
How a stealthy incremental refactor saved us when we eventually miss a target
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Imposter syndrome is a stick in your bike wheels
But low self-awareness is a rocket to nowhere
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June 2025

The unskippable road to real experience
Lived experiences can’t be compressed, they take as long as they take
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On talent and success
Seeing through the founder myth
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A team is not a family
We can be friendly, but we cannot be friends
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Industry roundup #7
Is Apple hoping for the AI bubble to deflate?
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From producers directly to consumers
How a quiet change in business logic wreaked havoc on an ML pipeline
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Industry roundup #6
Hyperscalers, neoclouds and data center REITs: I made sense of it so you don’t have to
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If you are useful, it doesn’t mean you are valued
The difference can be subtle
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