here's war story from last summer. I've talked about it in workshops but haven't written it down before. It's for a book I'm working on.

Many engineering challenges start with your roadmap

effective engineering teams should work *with* their product owner/manager, not *for* them

Doing the work is not the same as getting things done

When working: sync first *then* async

The actor model is now part of everyday tooling and ensures concurrency safety. Understanding the principles behind it helps you write less buggy code.