When AI Agents Do the Work of Teams, Who Owns the Outcomes?
8 min read AI agents may eventually allow just a few people to accomplish what once required entire teams, including…
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I began writing regularly in December 2021, sharing experiences, observations, and lessons from building and leading technology organizations. What started with reflections on leadership, team dynamics, and engineering performance has grown into a broader exploration of organizational change, Product–Engineering alignment, flow, emerging technologies, and the human side of building great teams.
My writing draws on real-world experience, ongoing learning, and conversations with others. Some ideas come from what worked, others from what didn’t, and many from questions I’m still exploring. There’s always something worth rethinking.
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AI Is Changing Management, Not Reinventing It
6 min read Artificial intelligence is prompting a new wave of predictions about software organizations. AI may reduce the need…
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The Real Intellectual Property of Modern Software
A follow-up to “The AI Didn’t Sign Your IP Agreement” 6 min read DX’s Q2 2026 State of AI Impact…
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AI Token Spend Is Becoming Product Economics
The leadership question is shifting from who is using AI to ROI and whether AI is improving delivery, margins, and…
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AI Can Shrink Your Team. It Cannot Shrink the Work
The judgment load on your team did not go down. It just became harder to see. 12 min read A…
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More Code Is Not More Value: Why AI Is an Operating Model Test
What IBM’s CEO study, CircleCI’s delivery data, and DORA’s ROI model reveal about AI, flow, and measurable business value 17…
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AI Is a Multiplier
Why enterprise AI adoption depends on literacy, strong DevOps, guardrails, and a full value stream mindset 7 min read My…
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Software for Humans, Systems for Agents
Why the next AI shift may require deeper system changes than most SaaS companies expect 7 min read A Familiar…
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Agile Isn’t Dead and AI Isn’t Killing It Either
AI Is Rebundling Roles, Shrinking Some Teams, and Raising the Bar for Responsible Delivery 9 min read My first article…
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AI Fluent, Fundamentally Lost
The Dual Bar for Hiring in 2026 4 min read Last week, Gene Kim and Steve Yegge published a piece…
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When AI Isn’t Enough
Why Fundamentals Still Matter in an AI-Shaped Engineering World 6 min read In the past year, I’ve noticed a shift…
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Beyond the Beyond Delivery: AI Across the Value Stream
A follow up article and reflection on how AI amplifies the systems it enters, and why clarity in measurement and…
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From Two Pizzas to One: How AI Reshapes Dev Teams
Exploring how AI could reshape software teams, smaller pods, stronger guardrails, and the balance between autonomy and oversight. 7 min…
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Beyond Delivery: Realizing AI’s Potential Across the Value Stream
Moving beyond AI-assisted delivery to achieve measurable, system-wide impact through value stream visibility and flow metrics. 10 min read At…
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AI in Software Delivery: Targeting the System, Not Just the Code
7 min read This article is a follow-up to my earlier post, AI Is Improving Software Engineering. But It’s Only…
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