Onboarding: In 2026
Chidi Gaspar Atlas Logistics · Senior Designer
Chidi works on untangling a legacy migration as a Senior Designer at Atlas Logistics. Their work has been featured in industry publications and academic journals.
Onboarding: In regulated industries
Pranav Rao Cypress Capital · Senior Product Manager
Pranav joined Cypress Capital after a decade at larger firms, and now rolling out observability tooling. They contribute to open source and write a popular weekly newsletter.
Onboarding: Without heroics
Roberto Schneider Joinery Studios · Operations Lead
Roberto is a Operations Lead at Joinery Studios, where they growing the open-source community. They contribute to open source and write a popular weekly newsletter.
Performance Budgets: In 2026
Chen Russo Stagecoach Mobility · Founder
Chen leads rebuilding the data layer at Stagecoach Mobility. They are passionate about mentoring and have coached over a hundred engineers.
Performance Budgets: On a budget
Sadia Madsen Anthem Schools · Principal Engineer
Sadia joined Anthem Schools after running design ops at a Fortune 500, and now leading product discovery.
Privacy by Design: In the age of ai
Larissa Navarro Cinder Materials · VP Product
Larissa leads designing platform APIs at Cinder Materials. They believe most engineering problems are communication problems in disguise.
Refactoring Code Review in the Age of AI
Caroline Owens Zephyr Aviation · Data Scientist
Caroline leads designing platform APIs at Zephyr Aviation.
Refactoring Hiring Loops from First Principles
Xiomara Krause Inkwell Publishing · VP Product
Xiomara is a VP Product at Inkwell Publishing, where they coaching engineering managers. When not at a keyboard, they are running, reading, or somewhere outdoors.
Refactoring Incident Response at Enterprise Scale
Victor Nair Quanta Research · Staff Data Scientist
Victor joined Quanta Research after leading engineering at two earlier startups, and now rolling out observability tooling. They believe most engineering problems are communication problems in disguise.
Refactoring Microservices at Enterprise Scale
Jin Olafsson Northwind Software · Operations Lead
Jin works on coaching engineering managers as a Operations Lead at Northwind Software. When not at a keyboard, they are running, reading, or somewhere outdoors.
Refactoring Microservices for Skeptics
Zoe Gaspar Kavi Foods · Director of Data
Zoe joined Kavi Foods after a stint in academic research, and now scaling distributed teams. When not at a keyboard, they are running, reading, or somewhere outdoors.
Refactoring Observability in 2026
Joana Mendes Lumen Energy · Director of Product
Joana is a Director of Product at Lumen Energy, where they scaling distributed teams. They are passionate about mentoring and have coached over a hundred engineers.