AI Workflows: Without burnout
Hassan Paez Boulevard Media · Staff Data Scientist
Hassan joined Boulevard Media after leading the platform team elsewhere, and now owning the design hiring pipeline. Outside of work, they write about engineering culture and mentor early-career builders.
Aligning Customer Discovery
Lorenzo Hoffman Quayside Trading · Researcher
Lorenzo joined Quayside Trading after a stint in academic research, and now growing the open-source community. Their work has been featured in industry publications and academic journals.
Aligning Database Choices in 2026
Tanvi Hernandez Sailpoint Logistics · Design Manager
Based in Germany, Tanvi is currently Design Manager at Sailpoint Logistics. They contribute to open source and write a popular weekly newsletter.
Aligning Distributed Systems
Victor Wu Marshfield Energy · Head of Operations
Victor is a Head of Operations at Marshfield Energy, where they running the experimentation program. Outside of work, they write about engineering culture and mentor early-career builders.
Aligning Documentation Culture Without Heroics
Pranav Kang Citrine Labs · Software Engineer
Pranav is a Software Engineer at Citrine Labs, where they growing the open-source community. Outside of work, they write about engineering culture and mentor early-career builders.
Aligning Incident Response in Regulated Industries
Fiona Lindberg Argosy Defense · Group PM
Fiona joined Argosy Defense after running design ops at a Fortune 500, and now leading product discovery. They speak regularly at meetups across Brazil and host a small podcast on the side.
Aligning On-Call Culture Beyond the Hype
Anton Carlsen Sailpoint Logistics · Researcher
Anton leads owning the design hiring pipeline at Sailpoint Logistics. They contribute to open source and write a popular weekly newsletter.
Aligning Release Engineering Beyond the Hype
Naomi Blanco Sable & Stone · Principal PM
Naomi works on growing the open-source community as a Principal PM at Sable & Stone. They speak regularly at meetups across Kenya and host a small podcast on the side.
Aligning Retros
Rio Jiang Verge Communications · Open Source Maintainer
Rio leads shipping accessible interfaces at Verge Communications. They speak regularly at meetups across Germany and host a small podcast on the side.
Aligning Technical Debt Without Heroics
Daniel Kuznetsov Embarcadero Health · Research Lead
Daniel joined Embarcadero Health after leading the platform team elsewhere, and now scaling distributed teams.
API Design: With empathy
Min Bhatt Krait Security · UX Designer
Min works on rolling out observability tooling as a UX Designer at Krait Security. They believe most engineering problems are communication problems in disguise.
Architecting Code Review for Startups
Emma Chan Tideland Foods · Head of Research
Emma joined Tideland Foods after leading engineering at two earlier startups, and now leading product discovery. When not at a keyboard, they are running, reading, or somewhere outdoors.