Field notes

1. Oct 28, 2026What got me here will not get me thereI read that book a few years ago. I had made the transition to Engineering Manager from Staff Engineer about 6 months before. I was struggling. I kept wanting to be in the weeds and get stuff done. I could still do it all better than the rest of the team.
2. Oct 21, 2026Stop Calling it a FactoryThere is a lot of talk about building software factories, completely automating the software development process so agents are doing all of the work instead of software developers.
3. Oct 14, 2026Go Have Some FunWhen confronted with endless possibility, imaginative play is the appropriate response.