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Blogging, regurgitating ideas, or coming up with new ones

I decided to start writing posts or articles in December 2021. I received feedback on one of my articles from someone I had just met. I wanted to contribute my experiences and perspectives on current practices. Creating content for blogging and LinkedIn is challenging because these platforms often have repetitive ideas. Unless confirming an experience or outcome, I try to avoid repeating what others have published.

Here is a link to the article she published after our conversation, The case for regurgitation.

I value the opinions of others for learning and personal development. Even when my publishing combines existing ideas, it helps promote and disseminate them from my unique perspective and experiences. This platform aims to foster collaboration and contribute to the supportive community that has helped me in many ways. The idea is to gain insight from diverse perspectives and draw from various sources while incorporating our experiences.

I focus on the legacy mindset of senior leadership, team dynamics, operational efficiency and metrics, practices and outcomes, and software engineering. Additionally, I explore the impact of modern practices like Agile, Lean, DevOps, and Value Stream Management on system flow.

These articles are published on medium.com and substack.

Posts are displayed in chronological order, from newest to oldest.


Agile Isn’t Dead and AI Isn’t Killing It Either
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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
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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
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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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When the System Fits, the Product Operating Model Works
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When the System Fits, the Product Operating Model Works

9 min read In every conversation about product delivery, team structures, and operating models, one pattern always stands out: there ...
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Why Value Stream Management and the Product Operating Model Matter (and What Comes Next)
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Why Value Stream Management and the Product Operating Model Matter (and What Comes Next)

6 min read I had the opportunity to revisit my January article and refine its key points for a recent ...
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The Price of Alignment
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The Price of Alignment

How Well-Intentioned Integration Can Undermine Modern Architecture and Team Autonomy 11 min read Having been part of numerous acquisitions and ...
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Beyond the Beyond Delivery: AI Across the Value Stream
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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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What Happens When We Eliminate the Agile Leader?
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What Happens When We Eliminate the Agile Leader?

The hidden cost of removing the role that protects flow, team health, and continuous improvement 7 min read Every few ...
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From Two Pizzas to One: How AI Reshapes Dev Teams
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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
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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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Smarter Pull Requests: Balancing AI, Automation, and Human Review
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Smarter Pull Requests: Balancing AI, Automation, and Human Review

Best practices for AI-enhanced pull requests, combining rules, templates, CI checks, and human review to deliver faster, safer code 6 ...
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So, What Does a VP of Software Engineering Do?
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So, What Does a VP of Software Engineering Do?

7 min read This article began as a response to a colleague in the industry, Patrice Corbard, a DevOps advisor, ...
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