Most software teams aren’t short on tools. They have ticketing systems, CI/CD pipelines, observability dashboards, documentation platforms, chat tools, and now a growing set of AI-powered assistants layered on top of everything else. And yet, many teams still feel slower than they should. The Work Between the Work When teams describe their challenges, they often […]
As teams look toward a new year, a familiar cycle starts. Budgets reset. Roadmaps get drafted. Tools get evaluated. Vendors make their case for why this platform or that solution is the missing piece. Before any of that happens, there’s a more important question worth asking: What problem are we actually trying to solve? Technology […]
This year, I’ve heard a lot of concern from early-career engineers about their place in the industry alongside AI. That concern is understandable. In 2025, we’ve seen large-scale layoffs from some of the biggest names in software. Many of these companies have framed those decisions as preparation for what they expect from AI, not necessarily […]
