Better late than never right? I had a terrible month in September and I think that’s why I procrastinated writing this post. My last three book launches were either failures or not making money yet.…

When Sally first arrived in the UK she lived upstairs from an elderly landlady, and bought so many second-hand books that the landlady worried they would bring the house down. She bought her first…

In 2026, the developer who writes every line by hand will disappear. What still matters: knowing what to build, caring for a codebase, and being a high-agency generalist.

Rungs Studio is one year old. Here's what it took to build, who uses it and what you did with it, in numbers.

A ten-person team's agents run on one plugin: humans own the plan and the review, agents the rest. In one October week we merged 469 PRs.

The 20-minute canvas sketch was never meant to be a document. It's a ladder of beliefs. Third post in Running Lean: AI Edition.

Greg Isenberg’s notes from meeting many founders over 48 hours in SF. Sounds like there is a big data brokerage arbitrage opportunity for someone outside of the valley.

I’ve just closed a company in Spain!

I published a new edition of Being a Lead Software Developer on 13 October 2026. The first edition went out on 18 March 2021. That is five and a half years of adding to the same book. It is still the…

This article is available as a video on the Modern Software Engineering channel. As a technical coach, I find Mob Programming is really effective. Recently of course, we started using agentic AI, and…

Anyone can build any software now. But building software is not the same as building a business. Here is what comes next for founders.

Prince of Persia 2. Yeah, I’ll continue using images of this game. Welcome to my second post on the PRINCE2 project management methodology! In my last entry I talked about PRINCE2’s seven principles,…

In this episode of the UI Buzz podcast, Software development of any kind is in a difficult place right now.

I’ve been following Swamp closely from the side, so here’s an observer’s note on launch day. They started in late January, raised a seed round in summer, and today they’re…

Here's my workflow for managing conversations and to-dos.Trello Inbox I get messages in email, Facebook, X, LinkedIn DMs, Intercom, and two different Slack workspaces.Grok Bot watches all of…

(brought to you by AI... I mean the constant upgrades... not the article... that was all me... and my spell checker)As IT professional(s), I (we) have been on the constant upgrade cycle. So much so,…

Good succession planning isn't a press release. It takes time, a ready successor, and relationships you share instead of hoard. How I'm handing over CableLabs.

One more time. I recently wrapped up my sabbatical — time to look for a job. If you need a technical leader who can both do the heavy lifting and steer the ship, get in touch — I'd be happy to chat.…

The Oracle ACE Program published a spotlight feature on Alkin Tezuysal as part of #JoelKallmanDay 2026 — an annual celebration honoring the spirit of community, generosity, and knowledge-sharing that…

I could be reaching a bit too far here but I wanted to write a post about a dynamic that could be impacting some IT professionals' job searches right now. I plan to write about "status and seniority"…

Choosing OKRs, or any other strategic framework, is a good start. Getting people to actually think and work strategically takes more than that. There are three things you have to build on top of it.

The best-known scene in the literature of management opens with a question: “Schmidt, are you a high-priced man?” A labourer at the Bethlehem steel works in Pennsylvania, paid $1.15 a day…

The following comes from The War of Art, pages 97-98. When I first moved to Los Angeles and made the acquaintance of working screenwriters, I learned that many had their own corporations. They…

I've learnt that one of the biggest sources of stress is living in misalignment to the way you would rather be living. When I was at Google, I wanted to increase my ownership and say at the table.…

Someone downloads a white paper from your website. Someone else attends three webinars, explores your product pages and then requests a demo. Both have engaged with your business, but the level of…

Freelancers: You're still not the customer in the gig economy. The post 1099ers Wake Up appeared first on Ted Leonhardt.

Customers want simple claims and results they can see. Here is why substantiating cosmetic claims is no longer just a compliance cost, but one of the best marketing assets a beauty brand can own.

Most organisations fix problems by adding. A new role, a new process, a new meeting. The real fix is almost always subtraction.

I didn’t have much choice but to become a photographer. I know, it’s a typical dream job for many, but for me it’s always been about survival. The reality of AUDHD (ADHD + autism) is that I couldn’t…

Is AI helping leaders think better, or helping them avoid thinking? In this episode of Creating Value Wins, Johan Roos […] The post 260430 Is AI Making Leaders Think Less with Johan Roos |…

We may have been praising the wrong companies for decades. In this episode of Creating Value Wins, Steve Denning, Doug […] The post 260423 Why Creating Value Wins | Creating Value Wins appeared…

See here . The Rice Advanced Materials Research Institute has launched its 2026-2027 competition for prestigious postdoctoral fellowships - see here:…

30 years ago, the Associated Press started its first online presence on the Internet, giving news branded by banners for affiliated news organizations. AP's TheWire was started in the days before…

Reflections on using Grok Bot for a week, exploring its potential and challenges as a solo entrepreneur.

AI lets me move so fast that my ideas never get to marinate. What Volt needs now is iteration, not more new ideas.

A practical guide to entrepreneurs for choosing small business employee benefits, comparing health coverage, retirement plans, paid leave, and lower-cost options.

What does the future hold I don't know if software is going to be dead or not, the whole web seems to think it will be though. Anyways, tinytown.studio was meant to be a small focused app studio.…

In my current role, we use a tool called [15Five](https://www.15five.com/) to set individual quarterly performance goals for our employees. I believe this is mostly an effort from HR to have some…

How to (not) vibe-code at work My last AI journal entry was about vibe-coding at home for fun. I still do that. A lot. I will write more about that later. At work, things have changed as well. Some…

A practical guide to the very best bad management has to offer. Follow it to the letter and thank me later.

Are We There Yet? Every new project gets the same question, before anyone has written a line of code: “How long is it going to take?” For work we’ve done a dozen times, there’s a real answer. For…

A little context on Hydra, and the decisions behind making customer retention straightforward for customers and merchants.

Most complaints about remote work are about things that are either solved or were never real. Clear those away and there is a smaller set of things that do not work remotely. Pretending a video call…

Management is becoming more important as AI changes how businesses work, and the job itself is shifting faster than most managers have noticed. Let's talk about what's changing and how to deal with…

One year ago, after reflecting on what I really wanted from my career (and what I didn’t want), I joined Wealthsimple. Time has absolutely flown by! And you know me, I can’t help but blog about it. I…

The rapid advancement of artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics has fueled debates about the future of work, particularly in the manufacturing sector. While it is true that automation and…

Last time, I wrote about a big marketing lesson from a little pita shop in a small town in Denmark. Then we landed on a hard but necessary idea: Don’t be the best. Be their favorite. ​If you missed…

A board member replaced his SaaS recruitment tool with a vibe-coded app in 3 days. Is software development dead? Why domain knowledge now matters most.

What do Jack Daniel’s, Robert Service, and David Ogilvy have to do with founder branding? A conversation with Finn Thormeier about staying in character, staying on message, and building a senior…