Reading List. Week 4, 2026

Here are some things I’ve read recently, related to work, that caught my attention, shared without comment.

• How to know if that job will crush your soul - Anil Dash
• Objects and Models: Why Work Never Matches the Diagram
• A year in the life of a Staff Engineer
• A Software Library with No Code
• Work friends are the secret to great culture
• The Most Important Teams in Tech | Stay SaaSy
• One bottleneck at a time - The Engineering Manager
• Think of Pavlov
• Three ways to solve problems — Andreas Fragner
• Creating Momentum When An Employee Is Stuck
• Avoid “ASAP” and other high-strung, non-specific words
• Life Altering Postgresql Patterns
• How To Review Code | Matthias Endler
• Distributed Leadership: When Everyone’s a Captain… | Corporate Rebels
• Claude Code, but for Management