I've been in your shoes. Solo developer, 10-person startup, 1000+ person maze—I've worked across company sizes from individual contributor to manager-of-managers. Started programming at seven, spent over a decade in the trenches.
The technical problems are rarely the real problems. The real challenges are sociotechnical: building software with humans, creating teams that work together instead of against each other, aligning what we build with what actually matters.
Why Building Better Teams
In 2022, I moved to Berlin to challenge myself and started consulting. Most product engineering organizations are stuck in unsustainable processes—chasing aggressive growth, dropping in methodologies without understanding constraints, treating people like resources. I bring the human factor into the productivity equation with methodical, practical solutions that lead strategically to profitability.
People often mistake me for a product manager because I think about customer needs and bring product techniques into daily work. I'm also often assumed to have a business role because I bring business frameworks like Theory of Constraints into engineering contexts. This systemic vision lets me intervene where others haven't looked: understanding the whole system, not just the code.
What I Write About
Team dynamics, organizational design, scaling patterns, and the practical reality of building software with humans. Industry and tech-stack agnostic because the fundamental problems of coordination and value creation are universal.
You'll also find hobby projects, code tinkering, and perspectives from outside the business world.
Based in Berlin, working with teams globally. If you're dealing with Team Topologies, Conway's Law, breaking down silos, or figuring out how to ship software that matters, I write for people who've been there and want to build something better.