AI agents let me start more โ and starting more is not delivering more. I sat down to improve one occupancy algorithm last week and ended up with seven microservices, 1.5M tokens spent, and a research trail I never used. All I needed was an improvement to the original.
https://gabrielmarkley.com/writing/2026/starting-more-is-not-delivering-more/
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Why Engineering Teams Break at Scale ๐จ | The 20โ100 Engineer Trap #EngineeringLeadership #TechLeadership #SoftwareArchitecture
Most engineering teams donโt fail because of bad code. They fail because their organizational architecture collapses as they scale from 20 to 100 engineers. The hidden bottlenecks? Broken ownership, platform sprawl, communication overload, and leadership systems that no longer scale. This deep dive breaks down how elite technical leaders design organizations that preserve velocity, autonomy, and architectural integrity during hypergrowth. Learn the real frameworks behind scalable engineering systems: โ Team Topologies โ Platform Engineering โ Conwayโs Law in practice โ Governance without bureaucracy โ Engineering operating systems #EngineeringLeadership #SoftwareScaling #TechLeadership #PlatformEngineering #SoftwareArchitecture #TeamTopologies #EngineeringManagement
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Engineering Leadership Playbook: Build Systems That Scale ๐ #EngineeringLeadership #SystemDesign #TechLeadership
Most engineering teams donโt fail because of weak engineersโthey fail because of broken systems, unclear ownership, and poor architecture decisions. This deep dive breaks down how elite engineering leaders design scalable systems, reduce friction, and build high-performance teams that ship consistently without burnout. #TechLeadership #SoftwareArchitecture #DevOps #EngineeringManagement #ScalableSystems #Leadership
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Boring code isn't an aesthetic preference. It's an organizational symptom - and it shows up in the version control before any retrospective.
The commit graph is the org chart asserting itself.
New post on incentive structures, ownership, and why the agent era makes this urgent.
https://simme.dev/posts/boring-code-is-an-organizational-tell/
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In this #InfoQ video, Randy Shoup breaks down the โMiddle-Outโ strategy behind the transformation and the brutal reality of the Innovatorโs Dilemma:
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Gabriel Markley
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Simme
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