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Writing on GPUs, LLMs, MLOps, Kubernetes — and mindset · 10 posts
How to Handle Objections — Telling Factual, Value, and Status Disagreements Apart
Objections are the part most people learning persuasion skip. This post covers steelmanning as a working procedure — restating the other side's argument better than they did, out loud, and getting it confirmed — why rais
2026-08-02 · 14 min read #career#persuasion#communication#conflict#teamworkCode Review That Teaches, Code Review That Wounds — What Makes the Same Note Land Differently
Code review does three jobs at once — finding defects, spreading knowledge, and sharing ownership of the code — and most teams do only the first and lose the other two. This post covers the Google approval bar, where a r
2026-07-26 · 11 min read #career#code-review#engineering#feedback#teamworkEarning the Right to Speak — How to Make Your Voice Count in Meetings and Organizations
The right to speak is not granted by title; it is earned through trust and contribution. This piece covers prepared speaking, timing, the craft of dissent, drawing out quiet colleagues, and finding your voice asynchronou
2026-06-16 · 19 min read #career#communication#leadership#meetings#mindsetHumble Yet Sharp — Speaking in Facts
Humility and confidence do not collide. Separate opinion from fact, speak with data, remove ambiguity, and hold strong opinions loosely. This piece covers the trap of political speech and the craft of delivering feedback
2026-06-16 · 17 min read #communication#mindset#career#decision-making#feedbackA Team Built on Trust — How to Build Trust
A look at the relationship between trust and performance, with the components of trust — competence, consistency, and benevolence — spelled out concretely. It covers keeping promises, showing vulnerability, psychological
2026-06-16 · 11 min read #trust#teamwork#psychological-safety#leadership#remote-workAssume Good Intent and Trust People — The Basic Premise of Collaboration
The same message reads completely differently depending on how you interpret it, and that changes the whole texture of collaboration. This essay covers why assuming good intent is so powerful, why verification is still n
2026-06-16 · 25 min read #mindset#collaboration#trust#communication#teamworkIn the End, People Do the Work — What It Means to Respect People on a Software Team
A look at how things that appear to be technical problems are often really problems of people and communication, with respect expressed as concrete behavior rather than abstraction. It covers conduct in code review and d
2026-06-16 · 22 min read #respect#teamwork#engineering-culture#communication#collaborationMoved to culture/assume-good-intent-trust (en)
This post has moved to the culture category. See culture/2026-06-16-assume-good-intent-trust.en.
2026-06-16 · 1 min read #mindset#collaboration#trust#teamworkThe Complete Leadership Guide — The Art of Leading People, The Wisdom of Growing Organizations
What makes a good leader? Everything about leadership from servant leadership to coaching, feedback, 1:1 meetings, crisis leadership, and tech leadership.
2026-04-11 · 19 min read #culture#leadership#management#teamwork#soft-skillsWhat Ant Colonies Teach Developer Teams About Collaboration and Resilience
Ant colonies have operated without a central command for 30 million years, solving some of nature's hardest optimization problems through distributed intelligence. Exploring E.O. Wilson's myrmecology, Marco Dorigo's Ant
2026-03-18 · 8 min read #ants#collaboration#complex-systems#teamwork#developer