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Marc-Daniel Ortega

Marc-Daniel Ortega

Marc-Daniel Ortega is a seasoned engineering leader with a passion for transforming teams and platforms into thriving, collaborative ecosystems.
15
Feb
The IT Industry’s Favourite Hobby: Forgetting 🎈

The IT Industry’s Favourite Hobby: Forgetting 🎈

Every few years the technology industry discovers something “unprecedented”. And every few years we behave as if history started on Tuesday.
4 min read
12
Feb
Apprenticeship, Mastership, and the Discipline IT Still Avoids

Apprenticeship, Mastership, and the Discipline IT Still Avoids

Modern IT celebrates disruption. New frameworks every year. New titles every quarter. New promises every conference season. Serious disciplines, however, do not mature through disruption alone. They mature through apprenticeship.
3 min read
11
Feb
An Ode to Problem Solvers

An Ode to Problem Solvers

Recruiting has become strangely disconnected from reality. We interview for stacks, frameworks, certificates, buzzwords. We screen for pattern matching rather than thinking. We optimise for people who fit neatly into today’s org chart, not for those who can reshape tomorrow’s system.
6 min read
10
Feb
Resonance, Flow, and the Architecture of Learning

Resonance, Flow, and the Architecture of Learning

What high‑performing organisations build is not control, nor speed, nor alignment by decree. They build resonant networks: structures that progressively remove friction so information can circulate, correct decisions, and amplify learning at the system’s natural capacity.
3 min read
09
Feb
Monday Myth: Faster Delivery Means Quick-and-Dirty (or Expensive)

Monday Myth: Faster Delivery Means Quick-and-Dirty (or Expensive)

There is a persistent myth in IT, particularly in startups and scaleups: If you want to deliver faster, you must either cut corners or accept exploding costs. It usually hides behind the famous triangle: Fast – Cheap – Good. Pick two.
4 min read
06
Feb
When Everything Is Urgent, Nothing Is Important

When Everything Is Urgent, Nothing Is Important

Most IT organisations do not collapse under pressure. They collapse under invented urgency, among many other, more familiar causes.
3 min read
05
Feb
Psychological Safety Without Accountability Is Just Comfort

Psychological Safety Without Accountability Is Just Comfort

Its original purpose was simple and sound: allow people to speak, surface problems early, and reduce fear-driven silence. Not to protect feelings, not to arbitrate impact, but to expose reality.
4 min read
04
Feb
When Discipline Disappears, Reality Collects the Bill

When Discipline Disappears, Reality Collects the Bill

Modern IT faces a paradox. Automation, observability, and programmatic compliance have reached unprecedented levels, yet fragile systems still ship, large‑scale incidents still occur, and customer impact reaches levels that other industries would never tolerate.
3 min read
03
Feb
Hero Culture Is a Design Smell

Hero Culture Is a Design Smell

Hero culture is often celebrated as a sign of commitment, resilience, or exceptional talent. Stories of individuals saving the day under pressure circulate proudly inside organisations. Leaders praise dedication. Teams admire sacrifice. Yet hero culture is rarely a virtue. It is a design smell.
3 min read
02
Feb
Monday Myth: You Must Build Everything Yourself

Monday Myth: You Must Build Everything Yourself

There is a persistent myth in software organisations that real engineering means building everything in‑house. Infrastructure, authentication, payments, analytics, experimentation frameworks, internal tools, if it exists, some teams believe they should own it.
4 min read