Welcome
Between Standups is a blog about engineering leadership, team dynamics, and lessons learned from the field. I share insights from my experience as a software engineering manager, along with curated content from others that I find valuable.
My Posts
From Vision to Done: The Requirements-First Development
Software is most successful when the team shares a clear, testable understanding of what to build. The Requirements-First skill turns that understanding into a lightweight, repeatable workflow
Changing My Tune On AI
I went from meh to wow probably in a week. AI is coming or its here whether we like it or not and I wanted to make sure I could use it to build something, not just ask it questions.
From Others
Podcast
AI Workflows with Pierce Boggan
by Jeffrey Palermo
its moving fast, decisions on should we add this feature can now happen at PR
Podcast
AI-assisted Development with Michael Perry:
by Jeffrey Palermo
we're not building code, we're building the factory that writes code
Book
The Staff Engineer's Path
by Tanya Reilly
A guide for individual contributors navigating the challenges of staff-level engineering roles.