Engineering, incentives, hot takes, and whatever survives my drafts folder.https://edmondo.lol/https://edmondo.lol/blog/2026-03-22-buttondown-terraform-provider/https://edmondo.lol/blog/2026-03-22-buttondown-terraform-provider/Buttondown has an API and 15 settings menus. I pointed a coding agent at the OpenAPI spec, generated a Terraform provider, and never opened the dashboard again.Sun, 22 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://edmondo.lol/blog/2026-02-27-allegory-of-the-cave-user-requirements/https://edmondo.lol/blog/2026-02-27-allegory-of-the-cave-user-requirements/Users describe symptoms, not problems. Building software from requirements is building what cave dwellers think they need.Fri, 27 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://edmondo.lol/blog/2026-02-09-rto-economics-who-pays-the-collaboration-bill/https://edmondo.lol/blog/2026-02-09-rto-economics-who-pays-the-collaboration-bill/In-person collaboration creates value, but in superstar metros it also creates costs. RTO debates often reduce to a ledger question: who absorbs the housing and commute bill?Mon, 09 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://edmondo.lol/blog/2026-02-05-ai-generated-code-patterns-and-problems/https://edmondo.lol/blog/2026-02-05-ai-generated-code-patterns-and-problems/LLMs generate code. They don't refactor it. That's the problem—good software requires constant refactoring to limit the cost of change.Thu, 05 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://edmondo.lol/blog/2026-02-01-welcome-to-my-blog/https://edmondo.lol/blog/2026-02-01-welcome-to-my-blog/A placeholder intro post for my new blog - the real content will come from ChatGPT or another tool laterSun, 01 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://edmondo.lol/blog/2026-01-23-startup-equity-complete-guide/https://edmondo.lol/blog/2026-01-23-startup-equity-complete-guide/Why startup equity is often a bad investment for employees, and how to think about it rationally using investment math.Fri, 23 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://edmondo.lol/blog/2026-01-17-corporate-leadership-or-deepak-chopra/https://edmondo.lol/blog/2026-01-17-corporate-leadership-or-deepak-chopra/When the CEO of a $3 trillion company becomes indistinguishable from a wellness guru.Sat, 17 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://edmondo.lol/blog/2026-01-09-engineering-excellence-quality-creates-velocity/https://edmondo.lol/blog/2026-01-09-engineering-excellence-quality-creates-velocity/The counterintuitive truth about speed in software: quality doesn't slow you down, it's the only thing that keeps you fast over time.Fri, 09 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://edmondo.lol/blog/2024-12-08-durable-executions-and-the-future-of-workflows/https://edmondo.lol/blog/2024-12-08-durable-executions-and-the-future-of-workflows/From BPMN to choreography to durable executions: why workflow changes went from O(N) to O(1)Tue, 02 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://edmondo.lol/blog/2025-01-20-systems-thinking-and-housing-policy/https://edmondo.lol/blog/2025-01-20-systems-thinking-and-housing-policy/Why well-intentioned housing policies often backfire, and what Donella Meadows taught me about complex systemsMon, 20 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://edmondo.lol/blog/2024-09-15-isograph-missing-abstraction/https://edmondo.lol/blog/2024-09-15-isograph-missing-abstraction/GraphQL frameworks make you coordinate fragments manually. Isograph makes the compiler do it.Sun, 15 Sep 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://edmondo.lol/blog/2022-07-10-the-state-of-mlops/https://edmondo.lol/blog/2022-07-10-the-state-of-mlops/Exploring essential MLOps practices that improve the success of Machine Learning initiatives, drawing parallels with DevOps principlesSun, 10 Jul 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://edmondo.lol/blog/2022-02-21-build-vs-die-why-custom-tech-matters/https://edmondo.lol/blog/2022-02-21-build-vs-die-why-custom-tech-matters/Why custom technology is the only path to competitive advantage, and why 'build vs buy' has become 'build or die'Mon, 21 Feb 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://edmondo.lol/blog/2021-10-21-dunning-kruger-and-engineering-estimation/https://edmondo.lol/blog/2021-10-21-dunning-kruger-and-engineering-estimation/Why unskilled people underestimate your domain's complexity, and why you probably do the same to theirs. On epistemic humility and knowing what you don't know.Thu, 21 Oct 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://edmondo.lol/blog/2021-09-30-beware-of-unclear-business-needs/https://edmondo.lol/blog/2021-09-30-beware-of-unclear-business-needs/How unclear business needs present risks in both Agile and Traditional Project Management, and strategies to mitigate themThu, 30 Sep 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://edmondo.lol/blog/2021-09-22-transparency/https://edmondo.lol/blog/2021-09-22-transparency/How to maintain and improve a project backlog as a decision-making tool through proper governance and workflow designWed, 22 Sep 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://edmondo.lol/blog/2021-09-08-the-management-tool-for-the-21st-century/https://edmondo.lol/blog/2021-09-08-the-management-tool-for-the-21st-century/How the backlog serves as a modern management tool designed to improve organizational decision-making through shared informationWed, 08 Sep 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://edmondo.lol/blog/2021-09-07-furnishing-your-flat-with-agile-project-management/https://edmondo.lol/blog/2021-09-07-furnishing-your-flat-with-agile-project-management/An introduction to Agile philosophy and when it works best, using the metaphor of furnishing an empty flatTue, 07 Sep 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://edmondo.lol/blog/2020-06-28-performance-management-mbos-to-okrs/https://edmondo.lol/blog/2020-06-28-performance-management-mbos-to-okrs/Why traditional performance reviews are broken by design, how Intel solved the innovation problem, and what actually works for modern organizations.Sun, 28 Jun 2020 00:00:00 GMT