Latest / July 6, 2026
7 posts from engineering leaders published July 6, 2026, by Michael Lopp (Rands), Martin Fowler, Jade Rubick and 3 more.
Review season. You start your career thinking the review is the most important milestone of the year, but as an individual, you only see part of the picture. Everyone cares about the compensation (base salary, bonus, and stock). That’s the data they care about, but where did…
Last week, Thoughtworks ran a second Future of Software Development Retreat , this time in Europe. As with the previous event, I’ll be sharing some fragmentary thoughts on this. There were five parallel streams, so I could, at best, only attend ⅕ of sessions. This isn’t an event…
Understand the tradeoffs of team size and span of control for managers
Feedback from an expert is how you learn taste. Your code doesn't matter until it's shipped.
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Feedback from an expert is how you learn taste. Your code doesn't matter until it's shipped.
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