Hey there! In my latest blog post, I dive into some fascinating reads: from understanding the allure of simplicity in “The Cult of the Complex” and mastering effective software teams with Addy Osmani, to tackling AI overload in “Shitposting Our Way Through the Singularity.” Plus, I share surprising copywriting tips courtesy of Tinder! Dive in for insights and practical tips. Enjoy!

• The Cult of the Complex: ’Tis a gift to be simple. ALA’s Zeldman bemoans our industry’s current fetish for the needlessly complicated over the straightforward. Escape the cult of the complex! Get back to improving lives, one interaction at a time.
• Leading Effective Engineering Teams: a Deepdive: What makes software teams effective, and how do the TL, EM and TLM roles differ? An excerpt from Addy Osmani’s new book: Leading Effective Engineering Teams
• Post-apocalyptic education: What comes after the Homework Apocalypse
• Shitposting Our Way Through the Singularity: We’re all slowly drowning in a sea of AI-generated bullshit.Every day, millions of artificially intelligent chatbots and content generato…
• Technical Coherence: Software development slows down over time. I wrote a whole book to help leaders reverse this slowdown and the central point of the book is a process any engineering leader can apply. I call this process Technical Coherence and you can mostly achieve it in a single meeting with your leaders. You can implement it in your org gradually or all at once. The central idea is this: We identify the necessary user experience domains for our products We identify the shared product domains that underpin multiple user experience domains We organize engineering into three layers, the top two correspond to the above domains and the third provides infrastructure.
• Why image-based emails are bad: TLDR; Just don’t.
• How Tinder Made Me a Better Copywriter: Tinder (yes, Tinder) is home to some of the best copywriters on the internet. Here are seven secrets I learned on Tinder that will turn your copy game up a notch.