--- 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: 122 articles_listed: 20 --- # Engineering Strategy ## Recent articles The 20 most recent of 122 published articles. Full index: https://usecommune.com/n/engineeringstrategy/archive.md - 2026-10-10 - [Agentic Development and Engineering Strategy](https://usecommune.com/n/engineeringstrategy/a/agentic-development-and-engineering-strategy) - It’s hard nowadays to not link AI and Strategy, but calling it AI Strategy in your company can signal a lack of situational awareness. The same happened in the past with Cloud Strategy, DevOps Strateg - 2026-10-02 - [AI and Software Architecture](https://usecommune.com/n/engineeringstrategy/a/ai-and-software-architecture) - Software Architecture is highly contextual. That kind of context that doesn’t reside only on written documents nor glamorous diagrams. The one that you build overtime as you understand more the busine - 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) - I’m sure you are familiar with commit messages that look like: