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Jun 27, 2025

The Steady Beat - Issue 25.06.4

Managing AI hype, lateral programming, writing well, systems of action, and c...

by Henry Poydar
Jun 20, 2025

The Steady Beat - Issue 25.06.3

How to micromanage, software as systems of action, mapping managers, and find...

by Henry Poydar
Jun 13, 2025

The Steady Beat - Issue 25.06.2

Running in the background, the perils of losing context, magical probability ...

by Henry Poydar
Jun 06, 2025

The Steady Beat - Issue 25.06.1

Don't ignore AI out of spite, the CEO AI memo under scrutiny, the too-smart m...

by Henry Poydar
May 30, 2025

The Steady Beat - Issue 25.05.5

AI is making us dumber, empathy is making us smarter, async works if it’s cul...

by Henry Poydar
May 23, 2025

The Steady Beat - Issue 25.05.4

Communicate so it counts, delegate to agents not copilots, trust but verify y...

by Henry Poydar
May 16, 2025

The Steady Beat - Issue 25.05.3

AI is not for the middling, tech is everywhere (all at once), time served is ...

by Henry Poydar
May 09, 2025

The Steady Beat - Issue 25.05.2

Automate your brag doc, the PM AI balance, great managers are not always like...

by Henry Poydar
May 02, 2025

The Steady Beat - Issue 25.05.1

The double coordination tax, humans in the loop, vibe officing, AI in the ent...

by Henry Poydar
Apr 25, 2025

The Steady Beat - Issue 25.04.4

AI as a way to cut cross-team chaos, don't be a "cool" manager, a peak inside...

by Henry Poydar
Apr 18, 2025

The Steady Beat - Issue 25.04.3

AI mandates, delegating paranoia to AI, teams are missing out, and doubling-d...

by Henry Poydar
Apr 11, 2025

The Steady Beat - Issue 25.04.2

Creative leadership, corporate Heisenberg, AI that just works, and maybe your...

by Henry Poydar
Apr 04, 2025

The Steady Beat - Issue 25.04.1

Special issue: a round up of the latest survey findings on the state of moder...

by Henry Poydar
Mar 26, 2025

The Steady Beat - Issue 25.03.4

Connecting remote humans, engineers aren't feeling replacement theory, lighte...

by Henry Poydar
Mar 21, 2025

The Steady Beat - Issue 25.03.3

Removing granular controls, rethinking data-driven management, embracing team...

by Henry Poydar
Mar 14, 2025

The Steady Beat - Issue 25.03.2

Yes men, Pac Man, and all the vibes.

by Henry Poydar
Mar 06, 2025

The Steady Beat - Issue 25.03.1

Cancelling tech debt, designing instead of engineering prompts, taste matters...

by Henry Poydar
Feb 28, 2025

The Steady Beat - Issue 25.02.4

A software engineering skills check, AI as a usability testing aid, transitio...

by Henry Poydar
Feb 21, 2025

The Steady Beat - Issue 25.02.3

1X engineers, context on a cadence, real AI ROI, designing AI responsibly, AG...

by Henry Poydar
Feb 14, 2025

The Steady Beat - Issue 25.02.2

Tempering documentation, reclaiming trust, cognitive competence, and dealing ...

by Henry Poydar
Feb 07, 2025

The Steady Beat - Issue 25.02.1

The cost of context switching, the coordination tax crisis, AI chat as an imp...

by Henry Poydar
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