Re-Entering AI/ML After Time Away: 2026 Realities
3 min read The AI/ML field has changed dramatically since 2022. If you have been away from the field for 2+ years — […] Read article
Returnship & Late-Career
Engineering Manager
EM and Architecture Review Boards: When and How
3 min read Architecture Review Boards (ARBs) — sometimes called Tech Review Committees, Design Review Forums, or “the architects” — are the bodies Read article
Engineering Manager
The Engineering Manager Week: Operating Cadence
2 min read One of the under-discussed skills of engineering management is calendar discipline. Without it, your week becomes a slurry of meetings, Read article
Engineering Manager
Working with Founders and Executives as an EM
3 min read Working with founders is its own discipline. Founders are typically high-conviction, high-velocity, and deeply attached to their own ideas. EMs Read article
Engineering Manager
OKR Planning for Engineering Teams: A Manager’s Guide
3 min read OKRs (Objectives and Key Results) remain the most common quarterly planning framework at growing tech companies. Done well, they align Read article
Engineering Manager
Taking Over a Struggling Team: An EM Playbook
3 min read Sometimes you join a team that is already in trouble. Morale is low, velocity is poor, the prior manager left Read article
Engineering Manager
Production Readiness Reviews: An EM’s Guide
2 min read A production readiness review (PRR) is a structured assessment before launching a new service or major feature. The discipline catches Read article
Frontend Engineering
Building a Virtualized Data Table: Sorting, Filtering, Selection
2 min read Data tables are one of the most-built and most-broken UI components. The naive implementation breaks at 1,000 rows. The interview Read article
Frontend Engineering
TypeScript Advanced Patterns: Generics, Types as Tests
3 min read TypeScript fluency is now baseline for senior frontend roles. Beyond the basics (interfaces, type aliases, basic generics), interviews probe whether Read article
Frontend Engineering
Frontend Accessibility: ARIA, Keyboard, and Screen Readers
3 min read Accessibility is no longer optional. It is required by law in many jurisdictions and by ethics in all. Senior frontend Read article
Frontend Engineering
Frontend State Management: When to Use What
3 min read The state management landscape has consolidated significantly. The “Redux for everything” era is over; modern apps use specialized tools per Read article
Frontend Engineering
Frontend Monorepos: Turborepo, Nx, and the State of 2026
2 min read Monorepos have gone mainstream in frontend. Most companies of meaningful size now run a monorepo for their web platform. The Read article
Frontend Engineering
Frontend Build Tools: Vite, Turbopack, and the Modern Pipeline
3 min read The frontend build tooling landscape has consolidated significantly. The dev server experience that took two minutes to start in 2020 Read article
Mobile System Design, System Design
Design a Mobile QR Scanner: Camera, Detection, and Action
2 min read QR scanners are a deceptively rich mobile system design problem. Camera capture in real time, edge case handling (low light, Read article
Mobile System Design, System Design
Design a Live Audio Room App: Clubhouse / Twitter Spaces
2 min read Live audio rooms (Clubhouse, Twitter Spaces, Discord Stage Channels) are an interesting mobile system design topic. They sit between video Read article