09
Sep
An Ode to Anti-Heroes
"We do not need more heroes. We need systems that work even when no one is watching."
3 min read
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08
Sep
The Cost of Misaligned Ownership
A familiar scenario plays out across many technology organisations: Product defines what, Engineering struggles with how, Business demands why. Everyone
4 min read
05
Sep
Platform 2.0: Predictability as the Battle Horse
In Platform 2.0, predictability becomes the battle horse, because it directly connects platform efficacy to stakeholder efficiency. A new composite measure captures it.
3 min read
01
Sep
The Enemy Within
The gravest harm often does not come from outside enemies but from within the very systems meant to protect us
3 min read
26
Aug
It Takes Two to Platformise
Platformisation is often misunderstood. Some see it as the platform team serving product teams. Others reduce it to shared backlogs, dependency management, or centralised prioritisation. These misconceptions miss the point.
4 min read
25
Aug
Engineering in Title, Not in Heart: Why IT Keeps Falling for Shortcuts
In today’s technology world, the word engineer often appears as a title, but rarely as a lived discipline. Software engineers, DevOps engineers, data engineers, all these labels abound, yet the true essence of engineering often remains absent.
3 min read
13
Aug
We Lost Our Ability to Dream
In those early decades, we had technologists who dared to think in centuries rather than quarters. Engelbart’s demo did not simply unveil the mouse, hypertext, or real-time collaboration. It showcased a philosophy of human augmentation.
3 min read
11
Aug
Why Platform 2.0 Fails Before It Starts
Most platform transformations fail before they leave the launchpad. This is rarely due to technology alone. More often, two quiet killers are at work: the reduction of enablement to agency work, and the collapse of real specifications.
3 min read
07
Aug
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[Book][6.1]Why Curiosity Is the Immune System of Excellence
6 min read
06
Aug
One Rifle to Do It All: Jeff Cooper’s Scout and the Lost Art of Specification
This article is not about firearms. It is about how to specify with purpose, how to preserve clarity of outcome, and how only one valid implementation may emerge when the specification is right.
3 min read