--- type: "newsletter" title: "Engineering Strategy" handle: "engineeringstrategy" owner: "Aleix Morgadas (@aleixmorgadas)" canonical_url: "https://usecommune.com/n/engineeringstrategy" markdown_url: "https://usecommune.com/n/engineeringstrategy.md" archive_url: "https://usecommune.com/n/engineeringstrategy/archive" chat_url: "https://usecommune.com/n/engineeringstrategy/chat" website: "https://aleixmorgadas.dev" articles_total: 120 articles_listed: 20 --- # Engineering Strategy ## Recent articles The 20 most recent of 120 published articles. Full index: https://usecommune.com/n/engineeringstrategy/archive.md - 2026-07-02 - [Pairing with Juniors When Agents Are in the Room](https://usecommune.com/n/engineeringstrategy/a/pairing-with-juniors-when-agents-are-in-the-room) - Guest post by Colette Molteni. Founder and author of Empathy Elevated, a Substack publication on emotional intelligence, Stoicism, and AI-human partnership for technical professionals Aleix made a poi - 2026-05-02 - [Common Engineering Strategy failure factors](https://usecommune.com/n/engineeringstrategy/a/common-engineering-strategy-failure-factors) - Make your strategy more robust to avoid common mistakes - 2026-04-25 - [Adding a team was the wrong strategic decision](https://usecommune.com/n/engineeringstrategy/a/adding-a-team-was-the-wrong-strategic-decision) - Missed communication, lack of sociotechnical system understanding, and more. - 2026-04-06 - [Rethinking Pair Programming in the Age of AI](https://usecommune.com/n/engineeringstrategy/a/rethinking-pair-programming-in-the-age-of-ai) - Why "pairing with AI" is harmful to your team and what to do instead - 2026-03-10 - [The strategy lifecycle and adoption. Post I](https://usecommune.com/n/engineeringstrategy/a/the-strategy-lifecycle-and-adoption-post-i) - How adoption will determine the lifecycle of the strategy - 2026-03-03 - [I started to use a notebook again to slow down when AI Agents keep seeking for my attention](https://usecommune.com/n/engineeringstrategy/a/i-started-to-use-a-notebook-again-to-slow-down-when-ai-agent) - Yes, the physical notebook. - 2026-02-19 - [Making sure a strategy happens with Coherent Actions and ad hoc teams](https://usecommune.com/n/engineeringstrategy/a/making-sure-a-strategy-happens-with-coherent-actions-and-ad) - How coherent actions and ad hoc teams help you on the execution of the strategy - 2026-02-19 - [Making sure a strategy happens with Coherent Actions and ad hoc teams](https://usecommune.com/n/engineeringstrategy/a/making-sure-a-strategy-happens-with-coherent-actions-and-ad-2) - How coherent actions and ad hoc teams help you on the execution of the strategy - 2026-01-18 - [We just need to plan it better next time](https://usecommune.com/n/engineeringstrategy/a/we-just-need-to-plan-it-better-next-time) - I heard this sentence multiple times during my career, and sometimes said by myself. - 2026-01-18 - ["We just need to plan it better next time"](https://usecommune.com/n/engineeringstrategy/a/we-just-need-to-plan-it-better-next-time-2) - I heard this sentence multiple times during my career, and sometimes said by myself. - 2025-12-21 - [Engineering Strategy beyond Tech and Control](https://usecommune.com/n/engineeringstrategy/a/engineering-strategy-beyond-tech-and-control) - Identifying what's necessary to overcome the high stakes challenge - 2025-12-21 - [Engineering Strategy beyond Tech and Control](https://usecommune.com/n/engineeringstrategy/a/engineering-strategy-beyond-tech-and-control-2) - Identifying what's necessary to overcome the high stakes challenge - 2025-11-07 - [Your grandma recipe is the best software requirements training](https://usecommune.com/n/engineeringstrategy/a/your-grandma-recipe-is-the-best-software-requirements-traini) - The ultimate stakeholder - 2025-11-07 - [Your grandma recipe is the best software requirements training](https://usecommune.com/n/engineeringstrategy/a/your-grandma-recipe-is-the-best-software-requirements-traini-2) - The ultimate stakeholder - 2025-08-18 - [When a supportive subdomain requires heavy investing](https://usecommune.com/n/engineeringstrategy/a/when-a-supportive-subdomain-requires-heavy-investing) - An example of a chat in a two-sided marketplace product - 2025-08-18 - [When a supportive subdomain requires heavy investing](https://usecommune.com/n/engineeringstrategy/a/when-a-supportive-subdomain-requires-heavy-investing-2) - An example of a chat in a two-sided marketplace product - 2025-08-09 - [Extending the git message conventions to prevent losing knowledge](https://usecommune.com/n/engineeringstrategy/a/extending-the-git-message-conventions-to-prevent-losing-know) - Measures against losing knowledge due to AI - 2025-08-09 - [Extending the git message conventions to prevent losing knowledge](https://usecommune.com/n/engineeringstrategy/a/extending-the-git-message-conventions-to-prevent-losing-know-2) - Iā€™m sure you are familiar with commit messages that look like: - 2025-08-02 - [Starting the next step in my journey. Open to work](https://usecommune.com/n/engineeringstrategy/a/starting-the-next-step-in-my-journey-open-to-work) - I signed with Rover.com to join the M&A Integrations team as Staff Eng šŸ‘ - 2025-08-02 - [Starting the next step in my journey. Open to work](https://usecommune.com/n/engineeringstrategy/a/starting-the-next-step-in-my-journey-open-to-work-2) - LATEST NEWS!