Beyond the Commit
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Engineering Leadership

Engineering Leadership

Team Dynamics Engineering Leadership Culture & Performance

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Deadlines Aren't Evil—They're Information

How strong engineering leaders use deadlines to drive alignment, not burnout.

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The Cost of Context Switching

Your team isn’t slow—just spread too thin.

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Psychological safety is a feature, not a vibe

Scared teams stall. Safe teams scale.

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Output ≠ Outcome

You can ship a mountain of code and still be going nowhere.

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Velocity is a Lagging Indicator

Chasing faster sprints won’t get you there faster — but improving the system just might.

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Principles over Patterns

The best engineering cultures start with values, not standups.

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Why the Team is the Product

You don’t ship great software without a great team — and you don’t build great teams by accident.

Chris Downard