Practical guidance on implementing and working with AI agents and tools
You’ve been here long enough to see the pattern. Your CxOs want AI. They talk about it in all-hands meetings. They mention it to the board. They’ve probably put it in your objectives. But ask them to change how engineering works with product? Silence. Suggest consolidating toolchains? “Not the right time.” Propose breaking down silos? … Read more
Alex has been trying to hire an engineer for three months. Not just any engineer. A specific person who works at a company that ships features in days while his 47-person team takes weeks. He’s watched them launch three features in the time his team shipped one. Same complexity. Same domain. They just move faster. … Read more
My daughter Lily is nearly five. Last Sunday over waffles, I told her: “Put the plate on the counter.” She walked straight to the bathroom counter. I almost got frustrated. Then I realized—she’d just washed her hands there before breakfast. In her context, that WAS “the counter.” So I changed my approach. Now I ask: … Read more