Engineering Leadership
Technical leadership, code ownership, and how teams actually work.
7 articles by Paul Scarrone.
- Just Forget About Owning Code LLMs and the death of bespoke code - why we should embrace composable, shared solutions instead of endlessly rebuilding the same things
- Copying Life On conformity, originality, and the cycles of rebellion that shape both personal growth and how we build software
- Do Devs Really Do DevOps in your Org? A critical look at how DevOps is implemented in organizations, examining the gap between the promise of shift-left practices and the reality of developers' access to infrastructure
- Not Invented Here Not Invented Here syndrome in software and business — why we keep reinventing instead of borrowing proven solutions
- The Software Delivery Trap Why the obsession with software delivery misses the point — ownership, change management, and pride in craft matter more than shipping velocity
- We Do Delivery Now Eh? Challenging the obsession with delivery culture in software — why ownership, pride, and longer roadmaps matter more than shipping speed
- The Good Sergeant Exploring the concept of servant leadership in software development and how authority is earned through trust and influence rather than formal titles