2026-02

Posts published in 2026-02.

February 28, 202614 min read

Incentives Drive Everything

In early modern France, the monarchy kept running into the same problem. Wars were expensive, revenue was not steady, and every obvious solution came with a political price. New...

February 12, 202610 min read

Scaling Culture Without Dilution

As organizations grow across geographies, one thing becomes disproportionately important. Culture. We, engineers, often dismiss culture as soft and cushy. This is until you see...

February 10, 202612 min read

What Good Looks Like

A few companies back, my manager and I inherited a group of teams after layoffs. Confidence was already low. People didn't believe in the systems we maintained. Stakeholders los...