Don’t Blame the Wheel for Missing a Turn
Holding ordinary employees accountable for business-wide results they cannot control is unfair and demotivating.
Latest / May 31, 2026
Posts from May 31, 2026
6 posts from engineering leaders published May 31, 2026, by Yegor Bugayenko, Gunnar Morling, Avery Pennarun and 3 more.
Improved Column Reader API, First Cut of Geospatial Support: Hardwood 1.0.0.CR1 Is Available
Table of Contents Reworked ColumnReader API Geospatial Support Documentation Overhaul Further Fixes and Improvements I am happy to announce the release of Hardwood 1.0.0.CR1 ! This first candidate release of Hardwood 1.0 brings a substantially improved API for columnar access to…
The software industry: annealing, but wrong
In recent months I've heard of several teams with an interesting policy: each pull request should be no more than a few files, and no more than a certain number of lines (say 500). And do just one thing and do it well. And be easy for a human to review. And be fully tested by…
Week Notes 26#22
A nice relaxed Bank Holiday Monday We spent the day mostly trying to hide from the heat - highs of ~32 made it rather toasty Glad I did the decking on Saturday/Sunday, as it was so toasty And playing Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 almost all the day - continuously until the game…
Guidelines for Respectful Use of AI
As companies adopt AI tools, a lot of time is spent on thinking about AI policies from a security, compliance, or even cost-focused angle. But many leaders are neglecting to address how their teams should work with AI in the context of the team as a whole. This creates a lot of…
The Minimum Viable Unit of Saleable Software
LLMs made software cheaper to build, but not free. A look at the new buy-vs-build math of the LLM age, and the pricing zone where small software businesses can still survive.