The highest-paid sportsman in the history of human civilisation was a Roman charioteer named Gaius Appuleius Diocles. He competed in 4,257 races, won 1,462 of them, and retired with 35,863,120 …
Should You Build One? My Honest Criteria
Most posts about personal knowledge management end with an implicit sell: here is the system that changed my professional life, and you should build one too. This is not that post. After three months …
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Three Months In — What Actually Changed
The best evidence for whether something works is not how it feels on launch day. Three months in, here is what actually changed. The 1:1s Got Better This is the clearest outcome, and I did not predict …
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What I Actually Built (And The Skills It Demanded)
Cerebro is not a note-taking app. It is a structured vault of everything that matters to how I work: daily notes, profiles for every person I work closely with, project histories, decision logs, and a …
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The Engineering Management Route in 2026: My Honest P.O.V.
Someone on my team asked me recently whether they should move into engineering management. Strong senior IC — technically excellent, good communicator, starting to feel the ceiling. Three years ago …
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The Real PM Test
David Pereira's take on the fake PM problem landed in my inbox last week, and one line has stayed with me: "If you removed the roadmap and the Jira board, would you still know what to do?" I've been …