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The software engineering world is currently obsessed with «human-in-the-loop» AI. We have GitHub Copilot, Cursor, and ChatGPT. But last Tuesday, after staring at a stubborn race condition for four hours, I realized I didn’t need a smarter Large Language Model. I needed a fresh pair of eyes. Very hairy, slightly distracted, non-judgmental eyes. I decided…

It starts innocently. “Can you do this now?”“Why is this taking so long?”“Did you try harder?” And suddenly you realize something terrifying: Your kid is managing you. Welcome to the most brutal leadership experience of your life —being line-managed by someone who still needs help tying their shoes. 09:00 — Standup Meeting (aka Breakfast) You…

Non-developers won’t get this.Managers will pretend they do.But if you’ve ever shipped code under pressure… You’re about to feel personally attacked. 1. “It Worked Yesterday.” The most terrifying sentence in tech. Nothing changed.Nobody touched anything.Yet production is on fire. Science refuses to explain this phenomenon. 2. The Bug That Disappears When Someone Watches You call…

Coffee wakes you up.Games wake your brain up.Leadership decides what you do with both. If you want faster decisions, calmer teams, and better results — stop separating these worlds. Great leaders think like gamers.And yes, coffee helps. Step 1: Coffee = Energy, Not Strategy Coffee gives you speed.It does not give you direction. Most leaders…

Every startup dreams about funding. Pitch decks.Demo days.VC meetings.That one slide with the hockey-stick graph that definitely isn’t fake. But here’s the uncomfortable truth no one likes to say out loud: There is one thing that beats funding every single time. And no — it’s not hustle.It’s not grind.It’s not another AI buzzword. It’s clarity….

Stop Startup Chaos: Scale Fast With Smart IT In the early days of a startup, chaos is often seen as a badge of honor. Founders wear multiple hats, developers «move fast and break things,» and communication happens in a frantic blur of DMs and late-night calls. But there comes a moment—usually right after a successful…

Coffee wakes you up.Meetings drain you.Deadlines age you. But there’s one office “hack” that does more for morale, focus, and sanity than caffeine ever could. Pets. Yes. Real ones. With fur. And opinions. Why Pets Win Against Coffee Coffee gives you energy.Pets give you emotional stability. One is a stimulant.The other is therapy that occasionally…

Leading 20 developers without burning them out sounds like a fantasy.Like clean legacy code.Like a sprint where nothing breaks. But it is possible — if you stop managing tasks and start leading humans. Here’s how pros do it. 1. Burnout Isn’t About Workload — It’s About Control Developers don’t burn out because they work hard.They…

I didn’t learn management from books.Or MBA programs.Or motivational LinkedIn posts. I learned it yelling “FOCUS” into a headset at 2 AM while 24 grown adults stood in fire. And honestly?Raids teach management better than most corporate training ever will. Here are 5 raid lessons you can use today — even if your “guild” wears…

Every developer desk tells a story.Some say “focused professional.”Others scream “this person hasn’t slept since the last deploy.” Here are 10 dev desk disasters so legendary, once you imagine them — you’ll never unsee them. 1. The Keyboard That’s Seen Things Crumbs.Coffee stains.Mysterious sticky keys. No one knows how old they are.No one dares to…

Everyone wants to be a CTO.Until they actually become one. From the outside, it looks powerful:big decisions, technical authority, respect, influence. From the inside?It’s chaos, pressure, politics — and a calendar that actively hates you. Here’s the brutal, unfiltered truth about CTO life that nobody warns you about. 1. You Stop Writing Code (And It…

Working in tech is wild.One minute you’re pushing code like a genius,the next minute you’re Googling “why does my function hate me?” It’s a world of late-night deploys, weird bugs, questionable decisions, and jokes that only make sense to people who haven’t slept in 36 hours. Welcome to Tech Life — the grind, the gags,…