I’m the VP of Technology and Security for a mail-order pharmacy. I write about the part of software nobody livestreams: running the team.
No, Qwen 27B Isn't Enough
A Hacker News thread said a 27 billion parameter model is all you need for real coding work. I’ve run that model against real codebases. It isn’t, and here’s the math on why.
What's Your Blast Radius?
The best definition of pay I ever heard came from a Riot Games VP. It also explains why doing the senior job well quietly caps your own salary, and what to do about it in your next review.
Your First 90 Days Running Technology
The job stopped being ‘fix it’ the day you took the title. Here’s how I spend the first three months running a technology org without torching my credibility in week one.
Everything Rolls Downhill to IT
Somebody always has an idea that turns into your team’s problem. Here’s how I make them prove it’s worth doing before a single line gets written.