Sev
@severin-bruhat.bsky.social
Sr Software Engineering Manager (@Trustpilot) based in Edinburgh 🏴. https://severin-bruhat.com/ https://sbruhat.gumroad.com/
When sprint velocity soars but code quality dips, how do you re-evaluate success metrics to ensure sustainable delivery without sacrificing long-term stability? It's a common tightrope walk for engineering leaders. #EngineeringManagement #SoftwareQuality #DevOps
Our teams are putting in long hours yet still struggling with deadlines. Is it scope creep, flawed estimates, or a deeper challenge in how we manage workload and expectations? #EngineeringManagement #TeamWellbeing #ProjectDelivery
Are 'no code' internal tools genuinely boosting efficiency, or are they inadvertently creating a new form of shadow IT debt we'll pay for down the line? #LowCodeNoCode #TechStrategy #DevTeams
Many engineering teams see OKRs as just more admin. How do we shift this perception and make Objectives and Key Results truly useful and engaging for our teams, beyond a tick-box exercise? #OKR #GoalSetting #EngineeringManagement
Adopting AI for code review offers big gains, but how do we ensure these tools don't inadvertently learn from our proprietary codebase, risking IP exposure or training competitor models? #AICodeReview #IPProtection #TechEthics
CEOs and CPOs want 'moonshots' while customers demand rock-solid stability. How do you balance ambitious innovation with the fundamental need for reliability in your core product? #ProductStrategy #Innovation #EngineeringLeadership
Perfection is the silent killer of engineering velocity. Waiting for the 'perfect' architecture or 'flawless' process usually means shipping 6 months late to an audience that moved on. Good code shipped today beats perfect code stuck in staging! medium.com/the-tech-col...
Perfection Is the Enemy!
When Good Enough is Better for Your Software Engineering Team
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When an engineer is genuinely a 'lovely person' but consistently underperforms, what's the right course of action? Where do you draw the line between team fit and tangible output? #PerformanceManagement #TechLeadership #TeamDynamics
On-call rotations are burning out our engineers. Is sacrificing talent an unavoidable cost of robust systems, or are there sustainable on-call strategies we're missing? #OnCall #DevOps #TeamRetention
Dealing with underperformance isn't about setting traps—it's about removing ambiguity. If an engineer is struggling: • Don't assume bad intent • Be clear on expected vs current output • Give written, actionable feedback immediately medium.com/gitconnected...
6 Steps to Managing Lazy Employees
How to Transform “Lazy” Employees into High Performers
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Giving honest feedback to engineers without damaging trust takes practice. Here are actionable frameworks you can use to deliver constructive feedback that actually sticks. https://sbruhat.gumroad.com/l/delivering-impactful-feedback #EngineeringManagement #Leadership
🏴 Next @TheLeadDev #Edinburgh Meetup is on August 18th, 6pm at @Skyscanner HQ. Come and join us: www.meetup.com/leaddev-meet... #leadership #softwareEngineering #management #leaddev
Unpopular opinion: The IC path and Management path are two completely different professions, not a linear promotion. Promoting your top senior engineer to manager usually costs you a great developer and gains you a frustrated leader. Ask them what they actually want medium.com/gitconnected...
Most People Become Managers for the Wrong Reasons
Here’s why I did it anyway
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Anthropic launched Claude Opus 5, bringing near-frontier intelligence to coding and agentic tasks at half the price of Fable 5. www.anthropic.com/news/claude-... #EngineeringManagement #TechLeadership
Introducing Claude Opus 5
Opus 5 is a step change improvement for the Opus tier powering long-running agents while delivering improvements in coding and professional work.
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Gen AI is great at generating documentation, but what is it actually missing? 🤖📝 Read my latest thoughts on where AI-generated content falls short and how we can bridge the gap: authenticmanager.substack.com/p/what-ai-do... #Productivity #GenAI #Management
What AI documentation misses
AI can write your docs. It can't explain them.
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What is the single biggest waste of time in your engineering organisation's current weekly process? (Be honest, nobody from your team is looking...) 👀👇 #TechLeaders #Agile #EngineeringManagement #softwareEngineering
The hardest part of moving from Senior Dev to Engineering Manager is shifting your mindset from "How do I solve this?" to "How do I help the team solve this?" #TechLeaders #ManagementTips #CareerGrowth
Great engineering management is about clarity, alignment, and communication. If you're looking for practical tools to boost your team's performance, I put together this toolkit just for you. 👉 sbruhat.gumroad.com/l/communicat... #EngineeringManager #TechLeaders #CareerGrowth #Management
The EM Communication & Performance Toolkit
Management textbooks love to talk about "alignment" and "open communication," but they rarely show you what to actually say when an engineer is underperforming or a 1-1 goes completely silent.I built…
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This is great www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8rC... #LLM #Claude
Karpathy's LLM Wiki + This Skill = Game Changer
Karpathy's LLM Wiki is the smartest way to use AI for research — but it has one problem. You still have to manually feed it every single source. So I built a Claude Code skill that automates the…
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🏴 Next @TheLeadDev #Edinburgh Meetup is on August 18th, 6pm at @Skyscanner HQ. Come and join us: www.meetup.com/leaddev-meet... #leadership #softwareEngineering #management #leaddev
Engineering Managers! 🛠️ If you've been experimenting with Claude Code or Claude Cowork, what are your absolute favourite use cases or features so far? Drop your top workflows below! 👇 #EngineeringManagement #ClaudeCode #AI #TechLeadership #Claude
Here is my latest article, "Engineering Managers are doomed!" authenticmanager.substack.com/p/engineerin... let me know what you think in the comments. #engineeringManagement #ai
Engineering Managers are doomed!
Are they, though?
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I've decided to step back from AI-assisted drafting and write more authentic content: authenticmanager.substack.com/p/my-take-on... #genAI #AI #blogging
My Take on Gen AI Content
Long story short: it's boring!
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Why did I choose management over staying technical? My journey from frustrated engineer to engineering manager: levelup.gitconnected.com/most-people-... #management #engineeringManagement #CareerGrowth
Most People Become Managers for the Wrong Reasons
Here’s why I did it anyway
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I had the chance to attend LDX3 London (organised by @leaddev.com ) last week. Here are my notes: medium.com/gitconnected... #LDX3 #leaddev
My Main Takeaways From LDX3 London 2026
One clear signal: leadership is about systems, culture, and people, not just code!
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Check out The Tech Collective (medium.com/the-tech-col...), an independent Medium publication ✍ dedicated to promoting software engineering content.
The Tech Collective
Welcome to our publication, where technology and engineering culture take center stage. Delve into the fascinating world of tech, exploring its advancements, challenges, and impact on society. Share…
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Use These Powerful Questions To Get the Best out of Your Team open.substack.com/pub/authenti... #management #leadership
Use These Powerful Questions To Get the Best out of Your Team
Asking insightful questions can lead to creative solutions, problem-solving, and improved productivity.
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6 Important Qualities for Software Engineering Managers medium.com/gitconnected... #manager #leadership
6 Important Qualities for Software Engineering Managers
And Actionable Tips to Improve Them
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