Matt Blodgett

Every company needs people who can work quickly. Stuff happens. Production goes down. We found a showstopper bug right before a big release....

One of the difficulties with managing a software project is simply getting people to be honest about the progress they're making and the...

It's pretty common for engineering managers to have regularly scheduled 1-on-1 meetings with their engineers. Topics often include thing...

Pull requests can be a pain to review, but there are things submitters can do to make them easier to manage. I have some opinions about wha...

A lot of companies have a regular practice of "Lunch & Learns"—a series where engineers within the company give a presentation...

Categorize this post as "advice to my younger self." As a developer early in my career I would get very annoyed when coworkers and...

I read a post by Max Countryman recently titled Let It Fail   ( Hacker News discussion ), where he talks about the importance of failure in ...