A running notebook of short reflections, links, and longer essays about engineering leadership, product, and work culture. Some posts are imported from LinkedIn, and kept here as a personal archive.
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Today, in “vibe coding adventures”: I’ve directed Manus AI to:1. propose improvements to my website (adrianmoreno.info), without more instruction - to see where it would …
Vibe coding has made programming fun for me again 🔮, and reconnected me with the eagerness to create.My sabbatical at SumUp started on January this year, which means that around Christmas time, I got …
We’ve all been there: you want to communicate effectively and use some obvious and harmless acronyms. Or that’s what you thought…The bad news? It’s not only not effective but …
I have a (very dense) book recommendation for you today: Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman.Most business books could be condensed into a simpler blog post, but “Thinking, Fast and …
People, your “engagement AI automations” are getting out of hand. It’s not “increasing engagement and visibility” of your brand, but giving a shit first impression.As …
Leadership isn’t a job title. Management is. 🧭" " “Let’s clear something up: Leadership and management get mixed around like synonyms, but they’re different concepts. Sometimes they …
Leadership isn’t about staying in the spotlight—it’s about knowing when to step aside so others can step up." 🌟Being away of work and its packed schedules is giving me some quality …
Do you know the creepy feeling of entering a calm shop to look around and feeling stalked by the shop “assistants”? It ends up making you leave the shop uncomfortable instead of checking …
Would you like to elevate the quality of your work? ✨“Try one “trick”: act as if the work that you are doing could become public at any given time in the future.Your mails or slack …
Sunsetting 2024 with some relax… and thankfulness! 🏖️The end of 2024 and the beginning of 2025 are being quite unique for me - as I’m writing from the beach at 30 degrees, far from the near-freezing …