Ship fast without breaking things
Every team slows down as it grows. More people, more code, more meetings, less shipping. It doesn't have to be that way.
These essays dig into velocity, teamwork, and taming complexity — the engineering side and the people side. They're the thinking behind Scaling Fast, my book on software engineering through hypergrowth.
Essays on shipping fast
2 articles from August 2026 · show all
Focus and followthrough are the moat
Because starting is easy and finishing is hard.
Stop burning tokens on code review
I've been experimenting with different approaches to build a system where humans and agents can ship fast safely. Think I've found something that works – custom linters.