Blog.
My musings on anything from leadership to technology to entrepreneurship and back.
Social Media Killed SEO
More and more successful businesses are built around social media personalities. SEO stays relevant but is trailing. Let's discuss the topics and check out some examples.
Company - Family or Pro Sports Team?
Is your company or tech department organized like a family or a pro sports team?. Both have their pros and cons, and it's worth exploring each in detail.
AI Replaces Programming
Will AI replace software engineering. I hope so - and here are my reasons why.
Are You Paid What You are Worth?
Let's talk about a book that is an essential guide for employees aiming to maximize their pay and HR professionals striving to create fair compensation systems.
Due Diligence
An Interim CTO has to be productive on day one. Let's talk about a due diligence checklist that will help you to onboard yourself much much quicker. Even better - this due diligence checklist is also used successfully by team leads, engineering managers, VPs and CTOs.
On Sports
In a leadership position it's incredibly important to stay healthy. A period of severe back pain in my 20s led me to develop a small workout. Since following that workout I never had any back pain again. I also feel much healthier and better - and can eat more food without growing a belly. Let's check it out.
Netflix Keeper Test
If your team is not performing well then the Netflix Keeper Test might be an ideal tool to identify underperfomance.
PostgreSQL for Everything
You need simplicity if you want to move fast. PostgreSQL can very well replace Kafka, Redis, Clickhouse and Elastic. And many successful companies are doing exactly that. Let's check out how.
Three States in User-Interface Design
Most user interfaces are only designed for the Regular State. But that's a mistake that will lead to frustrated users and lots of additional work for your teams.
Three Strike Dismissal in One-On-Ones
Keith Rabois recommends to dismiss your report when you feel bad about an upcoming one on one more than three times in a row. Interesting. But is this a good idea?
