Clearly, I have been slacking for the last weeks. Just look at all the links from other people at the bottom! This might also be the last post for the year, as I will be enjoying the festive season. Nonetheless, a lot of great content this week. I discovered a few new blogs that will keep me busy for the future. ...
Screenshot from TI99 Pirate Adventure game This week, I enjoyed the blog about chat programming, and coding at work, which is probably related. Leadership Hybrid workers are putting in 90 fewer minutes of work on Fridays – and an overall shift toward custom schedules could be undercutting collaboration - Friday is always different in Spain. Thermostats - Tuning team temperature - first rule of leadership: don’t panic Feedback doesn’t scale - this is mostly about bigger teams ...
Skateboarder jumping off a building in NYC Short, but with lots of good stuff. The fad of engineering management, drug policy in Spain, and Mr. TIFF are my favourites. Have a lovely weekend! Leadership “Good engineering management” is a fad - you will have to adapt and core skills are reusable Seven Decisions - “Inspired” – right. Engineering Mr TIFF - the story of the TIFF format. As an Amiga fanboy, I like to follow anything related to IFF. ...
Short one today. Listen to the last episode of Science in Action, or check out the archive. For a fun, scary game, have a look at The Scope Creep. One for the product managers. Leadership Become the Consequence - I’ll have to digest this a bit more. The Scope Creep - scary product game ...
I was busy last week, which means more links for today. I really like the podcast with Charity Majors about teams, and it made me rediscover her blog. Some interesting posts about security and LLMs and LLMs in general this week. Leadership Thoughts from LeadDev NYC 2025 - good high-level summary. I should have a look at the videos. Vibe Engineering: A Field Manual for AI Coding in Teams - this got updated. ...