Technology insights and practical perspectives drawn from close to two decades of building and leading engineering teams.
I've been using PHP packages for years but never created one. Here's how I went from scratching an itch to scoping, structuring, and building a Laravel package from the ground up.
Read more →Gathering potential lead information shouldn't be a huge project...here's my lean implementation.
Read more →It's hard to create an MVP that demonstrates your core idea and yet remains easy to maintain. Here's a broad look at the foundations and the gotchas to watch for.
Read more →The internals of Housekeeping: the packages that power it, the testing challenges I hit, and the architectural decisions that shaped the build.
Read more →A healthtech startup needed enterprise features to land institutional clients. Five months later, they had their first university customer.
Read more →When job titles don't match actual responsibilities, everyone loses. Here's how misaligned roles damage productivity and ROI.
Read more →Six practical steps to fix role misalignment, prevent costly mismatches, and build a more productive engineering team.
Read more →The debate around AI in development has seemingly split into two very vocal camps. I don't find either is particularly helpful. Here's where I've landed after adopting it fully across real projects.
Read more →The right technical leadership can move your project forward.
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