Articles
March 7, 2026
Engineering Management 101: What It Actually Means to Manage Engineers
Engineering management is not a promotion from engineering, it is a different profession. What a manager actually does all week, the mistakes that sink new managers, and how to know if you want the job at all.
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February 28, 2026
Data-Driven Decisions Without a Data Team: Using AI to Turn Sales Data into Action
You do not need a data team to make data-driven decisions. Here is a practical workflow for turning messy sales numbers into decisions your whole team can stand behind, using ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini.
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February 16, 2026
Self-Hosting 101: Why People Run Their Own Servers at Home
Running your own server at home sounds like a niche hobby, yet more people do it every year. Here is what self-hosting really is, why people bother, and what it costs before you buy your first box.
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February 5, 2026
Why an EMBA While Working Full-Time: How to Survive It
An EMBA while working full-time is a two-year marathon. Here is what it really costs, why people still do it, and how to cross the finish line without burning out.
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January 19, 2026
The Cold Start Problem: Empty Products, Empty Markets
The network effect is the prize and the trap. Single-user value, the thick side, the narrow start, the manual work: the empty becomes the alive.
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January 13, 2026
Hydrogen: The Forever Fuel or the Forever Promise?
The chemistry is beautiful, the economy is brutal. Hydrogen wins the hard parts: steel, ammonia, shipping, seasonal storage. Not the miracle, the specialist.
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January 8, 2026
The Estimation Lie: Why Every Deadline Is a Guess
The estimate is a guess wearing a costume. Name the range, show the uncertainty, revise with the learning: the honest guess is the trust.
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January 2, 2026
Tech Debt Is a Loan: The Interest Rate on Code
Tech debt is a loan, and the loan is the metaphor that explains everything: the interest compounds, the ceiling protects, and the managed debt is a tool while the unmanaged debt is a trap.
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December 31, 2025
The Public Engineer: Building a Reputation That Opens Doors
The work speaks to the team, but is silent in the wider world. The reputation that compounds is the career's leverage: write, speak, build, repeat.
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December 19, 2025
Reading Like an Engineer: What to Read and How to Remember It
I read it and remember nothing. The pencil, the summary, the connection, the test: active reading is a skill, and the memory is the use.
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