ESSAYS

Ideas about software engineering, leadership, AI, and the assumptions worth questioning.

Mike Longin 10/28/26 Mike Longin 10/28/26

AI Is Turning Vibe Coding Into the Newest Form of Micromanagement

Mike Longin 10/20/26 Mike Longin 10/20/26

Good Engineering Isn't the Point

Mike Longin 10/14/26 Mike Longin 10/14/26

My Job Title Isn't an Invitation to Sell Me Something

Mike Longin 10/1/26 Mike Longin 10/1/26

Stop Rolling Your Eyes at Ted Lasso — He’s Teaching Agile for Free

Mike Longin 9/28/26 Mike Longin 9/28/26

What We Accept From AI That We Would Never Accept From an Offshore Vendor

Mike Longin 8/20/26 Mike Longin 8/20/26

The Difference Between Finished and Done

Mike Longin 8/4/26 Mike Longin 8/4/26

There Are Two Problems With Technical Debt: Technical and Debt

Mike Longin 8/4/26 Mike Longin 8/4/26

Why Employers Made Hiring So Frustrating

Mike Longin 7/29/26 Mike Longin 7/29/26

There is No Such Thing as Technical Debt

Mike Longin 7/14/26 Mike Longin 7/14/26

Why We Can't Prove AI Increased Engineering Capacity

Mike Longin 7/7/26 Mike Longin 7/7/26

The World Cup Leadership Lesson Most Companies Still Miss

Mike Longin 7/1/26 Mike Longin 7/1/26

Leading Leaders in the Age of AI: The Top Gun Problem

Mike Longin 6/30/26 Mike Longin 6/30/26

AI May Have Broken the Apprenticeship Model That Built Software

Mike Longin 6/17/26 Mike Longin 6/17/26

For Years We Called It Leadership. AI Is Calling It Engineering

Mike Longin 5/13/26 Mike Longin 5/13/26

Jurassic Park Predicted AI Better Than We Think

Mike Longin 5/7/26 Mike Longin 5/7/26

When Is “Good Enough” Good Enough for AI in Developer Tools?

Mike Longin 4/28/26 Mike Longin 4/28/26

We’re Shipping Faster—and Learning Slower

Mike Longin 4/22/26 Mike Longin 4/22/26

If AI Writes the Code, Why Are We Paying to Review It?

Mike Longin 4/14/26 Mike Longin 4/14/26

AI Isn’t the First Time We ‘Stopped Understanding the Code'

Mike Longin 4/2/26 Mike Longin 4/2/26

Why AI Is Making Waterfall-Style Requirements Attractive Again