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Most companies don't have a vision problem. They have a refusal-to-fix-what's-broken problem.
The parts of enterprise tech nobody wants to talk about: bad data, organizational denial, integration sprawl, miscast talent, process theater. Repair, not reinvention — because progress comes from truth, not slogans.
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Security and compliance shouldn't be where you go lean.
12 Apr 2026 · Watch on YouTube · Read it on Substack
This is always a tough one for engineers.
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This week Joe tackles how to navigate politics as an engineer
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In the Runtime Regret episode, Joe talks about something that genuinely confounds him: the recurring pattern of companies hiring a Chief Information Officer who has never actually run…
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In this episode of Runtime Regret, Joe responds to a question from Mark—an engineer and director who finds himself pulled in every direction.
How does an engineer really explain what they do and how to cut through the “just do it with AI” message.
In this episode of Runtime Regret, Joe answers a listener question about how to build trust between engineering and product—especially when product managers want to better understand the…
In this episode of Runtime Regret, Joe answers a listener question about shadow IT — why it happens, why it keeps coming back, and how to deal with it without slowing the business down.
It's hard to beat out a slick presentation of sexy new AI tools when your project is basically trying to clean out the garage and the basement. Not much fun but totally necessary
The bills are getting big and they are not seeing a lot of ROI on the AI.
We talk about all of the problems that we as IT practitioners face on a daily basis that makes our job significantly harder than it needs to be. We talk about the real challenges to being…
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The tech debt is real, AI isn't just a quick fix.
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