No Kill Switch

What’s the “reverse centaur”?

The Internet is so full of good advice, great frameworks, bulletproof methods, brilliant mental models - how is it possible that so many companies (/organizations/teams) still struggle with basic things?

The true merit, skill, and ability to execute should (in theory) always stand for themselves - in the end, what truly matters is whether one gets the shit done or not.

Do you recall Eliyahu Goldratt’s “Theory of Constraints” (ToC)?

According to the data shared by GitHub (e.g., here), the programming activity is booming online: not only do we get more developers, but they also create more code.

I have a weird personality - an amalgamate of strongly contrasting characteristics that don’t come together frequently (e.g., intense + analytical, competitive + stoic).

Disclaimer: no, this post has nothing in common with the Deutsche Demokratische Republik, but I’ve found the coincidence of acronyms hilarious, so I couldn’t resist the reference in the header image.

Let me start with a short scene that happened some time ago, at the peak of the IT job market’s craziness.

If I had to bet on which graphical meme appears most frequently in my LinkedIn timeline, I'd say it's the one about "servant leadership".

That's the second (& final) post in the mini-series.

There are very few topics online these days that receive as much attention as expected productivity gains due to LLM usage.

Disclaimer 1: This post is 100% inspired by DHH's recent references to Omakase and the projects that implement this concept: Omarchy, Omakub.

By mid-2025, it's pretty clear - LLMs are here to stay, whether we like it or not.

There's one thing about (professional) communication that I find hilarious.

There have been tons of books and articles written on how to be a decent engineering leader.