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📅 September 22, 2026

Leadership Communication: Salvatore Manzi on Better Technical Teams

Leadership communication becomes increasingly important as developers move beyond writing code and begin leading people, projects, and technical decisions. Being the smartest person in the room does not automatically make you the most effective leader. In fact, technical expertise can…

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📅 September 18, 2026

Problem Solving Process: Show Your Work Before Using AI

The problem solving process has always been an important part of software development, but AI has made it even more important. Developers can now move from an idea to generated code incredibly quickly. That speed can be useful, but it…

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📅 September 17, 2026

Software Delivery Systems: Fix the Process Before Adding More AI

AI can produce code faster, automate repetitive work, analyze enormous amounts of information, and move development tickets at a pace that would have seemed impossible only a few years ago. Yet faster execution does not automatically create better software delivery…

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📅 September 15, 2026

Developer Systems Thinking: Becoming the Glue Between Strategy and Execution

Software development careers have traditionally been measured by technical ability: the languages you know, the systems you can architect, the bugs you can solve, and the quality of the code you produce. But developer systems thinking expands that definition. As…

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📅 September 14, 2026

Season 29: Build a Career Beyond the Code

Software development is changing quickly. AI can generate code, build prototypes, test ideas, and turn concepts into working software faster than most of us would have imagined just a few years ago. That raises an important question for developers: If…

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📅 September 11, 2026

Stop Chasing AI: Look at Where It Is Going Next

AI is moving too quickly to build a strategy around where the technology is today. A tool that seemed impressive six months ago may already feel ordinary, while something that seems unreliable today could become a practical business tool before…

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