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What kind of team do you have?

There are two kinds of engineering teams: task teams optimized for efficiency, and autonomous teams optimized for flexibility. Most companies think they're running the second. Most are running the first. Here's how to tell — and why the misalignment costs you your best people.

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The efficiency vs. flexibility framework for engineering organizations

Most engineering orgs are a maze with invisible walls. A practical framework for deciding where to be flexible and where to be efficient — and making it explicit.
31 Mar 2026 4 min read

It is time to redefine what a senior engineer is

If your job is taking a well-defined spec and turning it into code, that workflow has a name now: a prompt. Here's what a senior engineer actually is in 2026.
20 Mar 2026 5 min read

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