The essays on this site, taken further — short, practical books on engineering leadership at platform scale. No frameworks, no padding.
The Engineering Mind · Field Notes
Field notes on leading engineering when the org no longer fits in your head
Somewhere past sixty engineers, the job you were good at quietly disappears. A short, practical book about building the layer of managers an engineering org actually runs on.
The Engineering Mind · Field Notes
Field notes on building software people can use — when there's no designer in the room
You picked the defaults, named the buttons, wrote the error messages — somebody is designing the layer between your code and the people who use it, and it's you. A short, practical book on UX for engineers who ship without a designer in the room.
The Engineering Mind · Field Notes
Field notes on engineering judgment when the past is load-bearing
Your codebase is not a mess — it's a ledger of shortcuts that funded the company and speed borrowed from a future that is now you. A short, practical book on technical debt, legacy, and the judgment to know what you owe.