For the people responsible for what ships.
AI makes it easier to build. Judgment decides what’s worth building.
I’m writing a book about engineering leadership in the AI era: how to make consequential decisions, keep systems reliable, and know when a human needs to step in.
For CTOs, VPs of Engineering, and staff & principal engineers.
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More possible solutions mean more decisions to own. Drawing on real operating decisions and incidents, this book explores the judgment behind architecture, reliability, and human oversight when the pace of change keeps increasing.
Inside the manuscript
Move forward under uncertainty. Decide what you need to know, what you can safely try, and what would change your mind.
From the planned chapters: Engineering Under Uncertainty · Decision Velocity as a Competitive Advantage
Recognize blind spots, choose useful signals, and know when a problem needs your attention.
From the planned chapters: The Observability Illusion · What Requires Your Attention?
Draw approval boundaries, make ownership explicit, and decide which choices should stay with a human.
From the planned chapters: The Human Reliability Layer · Governing Autonomous Systems
From the work, to the page.
I’m CTO at ATEK, where I work on environmental monitoring for life sciences. Before that, I worked on cloud architecture and resilient platforms at AWS, SSENSE, OneSpan, and National Bank of Canada.
This book grows out of the decisions that come with that work: what to ship, what to trust, and how much risk to accept.
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