Archive - Blog for Engineering Managers

Why great teams can’t be recreated

Every manager has a team they're trying to recreate. The reason it never works has nothing to do with the practices.

38 mins ago • Stephane Moreau

#40 | Sunday reads for EMs

My favourite reads of the week to make your Sunday a little more inspiring.

Apr 12 • Stephane Moreau

AI is breaking how your team builds trust

AI tools solved the hallway question. They didn't solve the influence problem that came after.

Apr 7 • Stephane Moreau

#39 | Sunday reads for EMs

My favourite reads of the week to make your Sunday a little more inspiring.

Apr 5 • Stephane Moreau

March 2026

Your team’s throughput might be misleading you

High PR counts often mask a growing review tax that burns out senior talent and creates fragile, unmaintainable systems.

Mar 31 • Stephane Moreau

Something I couldn't stop building

Because rehearsing in your head isn't practice.

Mar 29 • Stephane Moreau

When delivering tickets stops being enough

Stop rewarding your best coders for their output and start teaching them to engineer the organization itself.

Mar 24 • Stephane Moreau

Stop interviewing like a mid-level engineer

You aren't being hired for your code anymore. You're being hired for your judgment and how you navigate the mess.

Mar 17 • Stephane Moreau

Code review friction

Does your team agree on what code review is actually for?

Mar 10 • Stephane Moreau

#38 | Sunday reads for EMs

My favourite reads of the week to make your Sunday a little more inspiring.

Mar 8 • Stephane Moreau

Do you even practice behavioural interviews?

Technical interviews get all the prep. Behavioural interviews get almost none. That's backwards - and it's why I built an AI interview coach.

Mar 3 • Stephane Moreau

#37 | Sunday reads for EMs

My favourite reads of the week to make your Sunday a little more inspiring.

Mar 1 • Stephane Moreau

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