Thoughts on engineering, leadership, and building software that matters.
Traditional documentation rots the moment it's written. Executable specifications stay accurate forever. Here's how we replaced wikis and Confluence pages with specifications that are always true.
BDD isn't a testing methodology — it's a communication revolution. How we transformed BDD from a QA tool into the backbone of cross-functional collaboration across a 200-person engineering org.
How I built an engineering organization from scratch, established world-class standards, and created a culture that attracts and retains top-tier talent in a hyper-growth environment.
Traditional code reviews are broken. After years of watching pull requests languish in review queues and rubber-stamp approvals erode quality, I replaced them with something better — pair programming sessions, automated quality gates, and architecture reviews.
How we built a deployment pipeline where any engineer — from day-one new hires to senior architects — can go from code to production in 30 minutes with full confidence and zero heroics.
Why we started with a monolith, when microservices actually make sense, and the cautionary tale of a competitor whose premature decomposition into microservices nearly destroyed their engineering velocity.