Bias Toward Action
Bias toward action is defaulting to the smallest responsible step that produces real feedback, while pre-committing to guardrails so that being wrong is survivable and quickly c...
Blog
You can find my latest AI engineering articles on Substack, leadership on LeadDev, or browse my topic guides and personal blog posts below.
Personal Blog
14 More Lessons from 14 years at Google
More lessons learned from 14 years of engineering at Google, focusing on what truly matters beyond just writing great code.
Claude Code Swarms
Claude Code now supports agent teams - coordinated swarms of AI agents that research, debug, and build in parallel. What was feature-flagged is now real. Here's what it means ...
Agentic Engineering
Agentic Engineering is a disciplined approach to AI-assisted software development that emphasizes human oversight and engineering rigor, distinguishing it from the more casual '...
Self-Improving Coding Agents
Imagine ending your workday and waking up to new features coded, tested, and ready for review. This is the promise of autonomous AI coding agents harnessing tools like Claude Co...
How to write a good spec for AI agents
Learn how to write effective specifications for AI coding agents to improve clarity, focus, and productivity in your AI-driven development workflows.
Your AI coding agents need a manager
In the near future, high-leverage developers look like async-first managers running parallel AI coding agents. The skills that make someone a strong tech lead or manager transla...
AI writes code faster. Your job is still to prove it works.
AI did not kill code review. It made the burden of proof explicit. Ship changes with evidence like manual verification and automated tests, then use review for risk, intent, and...
The Next Two Years of Software Engineering
Exploring five critical questions shaping software engineering through 2026, with contrasting scenarios for each. These lenses help prepare for the evolving landscape of coding ...
My LLM coding workflow going into 2026
AI coding assistants became game-changers this year, but harnessing them effectively takes skill and structure. Here's my workflow for planning, coding, and collaborating with A...
21 Lessons From 14 Years at Google
Lessons learned from 14 years of engineering at Google, focusing on what truly matters beyond just writing great code.
The future of agentic coding: conductors to orchestrators
AI coding assistants have quickly moved from novelty to necessity where up to 90% of software engineers use some kind of AI for coding. But a new paradigm is emerging in softwar...
Gemini CLI Tips and Tricks
This guide covers ~30 pro-tips for effectively using Gemini CLI for agentic coding for Gemini 2.5, 3.0 and beyond
The Efficiency Paradox: Why Making Software Easier to Write Means We'll Write Exponentially More
Every time we've made it easier to write software, we've ended up writing exponentially more of it. History suggests we won't do less work - we'll discover we've been massively ...
Introducing Gemini 3 Flash
Today we are expanding the Gemini 3 model family with the release of Gemini 3 Flash which offers frontier intelligence built for speed at a fraction of the cost.
Hello, Gemini.
Gemini! I'm joining Google Cloud AI to focus on helping developers and businesses succeed with Gemini, Vertex AI, and the Agent Development Kit.
Farewell for now, Chrome.
After almost 14 years on the Chrome team, Im moving onto a new chapter. Here is a look back at some of what we built together
What's New in Gemini 3.0
We recently shipped Gemini 3 Pro live across Google AI Studio, the Gemini app, Vertex AI, Searchs AI Mode, Google Antigravity, and more. Here is what actually shipped, how it al...
High Agency Matters
High agency is the habit of seeing it, owning it, and moving it forward. In the long run initiative beats intellect. This essay explains what agency is, why it is scarce, and ho...
The History of Core Web Vitals
This write-up is a history of how Core Web Vitals came to be based on my recollections from our work on it at Google from 2014 onwards
Give your AI eyes: Introducing Chrome DevTools MCP
Chrome DevTools MCP is a newly announced tool that allows AI coding assistants to **see and interact with a live Chrome browser
Google Chrome at 17 - A history of our browser
Chrome turns 17 this week, and it feels like a good time to reflect on how far we have come in terms of Chromes guiding principles
An Engineer's Guide to AI Code Model Evals
A deep dive into evals, goldens, and hill climbing for improving coding-capable AI models.
Cover Flow with Modern CSS: Scroll-Driven Animations in Action
Dive into implementing the iconic Cover Flow UI pattern using modern CSS scroll-driven animations and alternative ways of implementing Cover Flow, such as via Three.js/WebGL
Substack
Future-proofing your Software Engineering career
Practical strategies for engineering careers in the future
The 70% problem: Hard truths about AI-assisted coding
A field guide and why we need to rethink our expectations
User-centric engineering
Engineering with user empathy is the foundation of great products
There is no right time. Just time and what you do with it.
How to thrive in imperfect conditions
Comparison is the thief of joy
Navigating comparison with mindfulness
Focus on what you can control
Actionable advice for empowerment
10 lessons from 12 years at Google
My lessons learned along the way.
LeadDev
Grow your influence like a leader, not a boss
Extending your influence past your immediate circle isn't as straightforward as you'd like to hope. But there are a few strategies you can employ to help.
How to build an effective technical strategy
Building a tech strategy requires a lot of moving parts. Learn about what routes to take and whether decisions should be top-down.
How to keep up with tech trends and upskill sustainably
With so many developments in the tech world it's difficult to keep up. Here are some strategies to stay on top of your upskilling.
Navigating competing priorities as an engineer
How can you prioritize when everyone's ask is an urgency and you don't have time to fit it all in?
Managing the chaos of context switching
It's time to examine the good, the bad, and the very ugly elements of context switching. Even better, we'll take a look at some strategies for managing it.
Focus on outcomes over outputs
Software engineering teams should focus on outcomes over outputs to deliver the best user and business value.
What makes an effective software engineer?
Being a good software engineer is not necessarily the same as being an effective one. Here, Google's Addy Osmani identifies the ten key traits of effective software engineers.