Essays on engineering leadership, team effectiveness, and building software organizations.https://franciscotrindade.me/https://franciscotrindade.me/blog/the-kids-are-really-alright-pt/https://franciscotrindade.me/blog/the-kids-are-really-alright-pt/O argumento diz que a IA acabou com o valor marginal do engenheiro júnior. Um estagiário que entregou uma funcionalidade esperada há anos sugere o contrário.Tue, 18 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://franciscotrindade.me/blog/the-kids-are-really-alright/https://franciscotrindade.me/blog/the-kids-are-really-alright/The argument says AI erased the junior engineer's marginal value. An intern who shipped a feature that had been waiting for years suggests otherwise.Tue, 18 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://franciscotrindade.me/blog/you-dont-have-to-be-at-the-edge-pt/https://franciscotrindade.me/blog/you-dont-have-to-be-at-the-edge-pt/Um estagiário chamou a empresa de "razoável" como elogio. Por que estar na ponta não é tão valioso quanto a gente imagina.Mon, 17 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://franciscotrindade.me/blog/you-dont-have-to-be-at-the-edge/https://franciscotrindade.me/blog/you-dont-have-to-be-at-the-edge/An intern called the company "reasonable" and meant it as praise. Why being at the edge is not as valuable as we think it is.Mon, 17 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://franciscotrindade.me/blog/the-goal-is-still-value-pt/https://franciscotrindade.me/blog/the-goal-is-still-value-pt/IA está mudando como os times trabalham, mas adotar IA não é o mesmo que entregar resultado. O objetivo ainda é valor.Tue, 11 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://franciscotrindade.me/blog/the-goal-is-still-value/https://franciscotrindade.me/blog/the-goal-is-still-value/AI is reshaping how teams work, but adopting it is not the same as delivering outcomes. The goal is still value.Tue, 11 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://franciscotrindade.me/blog/the-kids-are-alright-pt/https://franciscotrindade.me/blog/the-kids-are-alright-pt/Empresas estão parando de contratar juniores por causa da IA. Isso não resolve o problema que elas acham que têm.Sun, 02 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://franciscotrindade.me/blog/the-kids-are-alright/https://franciscotrindade.me/blog/the-kids-are-alright/Companies are quietly stopping junior hiring because of AI. It won't solve the problem they think they have.Sun, 02 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://franciscotrindade.me/blog/why-i-spent-a-year-turning-this-blog-into-a-book-pt/https://franciscotrindade.me/blog/why-i-spent-a-year-turning-this-blog-into-a-book-pt/Por que passei um ano transformando uma década de posts em um livro para gestores. As ferramentas mudaram, o trabalho não.Sun, 14 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://franciscotrindade.me/blog/why-i-spent-a-year-turning-this-blog-into-a-book/https://franciscotrindade.me/blog/why-i-spent-a-year-turning-this-blog-into-a-book/Why I spent a year turning a decade of blog posts into a book for engineering managers. The tools changed, the job didn't.Sun, 14 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://franciscotrindade.me/blog/will-humans-still-review-code-pt/https://franciscotrindade.me/blog/will-humans-still-review-code-pt/Vinte PRs por dia, aplicações geradas, features saindo do Slack. Se humanos ainda revisam código virou pergunta urgente.Tue, 17 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://franciscotrindade.me/blog/will-humans-still-review-code/https://franciscotrindade.me/blog/will-humans-still-review-code/Twenty PRs a day, generated applications, features shipped from Slack. Whether humans still review code is now urgent.Tue, 17 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://franciscotrindade.me/blog/the-engineering-managers-areas-of-responsibility-pt/https://franciscotrindade.me/blog/the-engineering-managers-areas-of-responsibility-pt/Você já sabe as metas e as ferramentas do gestor. Aqui é onde aplicá-las: as áreas que realmente são responsabilidade dele.Wed, 31 Jul 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://franciscotrindade.me/blog/the-engineering-managers-areas-of-responsibility/https://franciscotrindade.me/blog/the-engineering-managers-areas-of-responsibility/You know an Engineering Manager's goals and tools. This is where to apply them: the areas that are genuinely their job.Wed, 31 Jul 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://franciscotrindade.me/blog/team-principles/https://franciscotrindade.me/blog/team-principles/Goals tell a team what to achieve. Principles tell them how to work, and writing those down is the manager's job.Sat, 06 Jul 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://franciscotrindade.me/blog/team-principles-pt/https://franciscotrindade.me/blog/team-principles-pt/Metas dizem ao time o que alcançar. Princípios dizem como trabalhar, e escrever esses princípios é trabalho do gestor.Sat, 06 Jul 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://franciscotrindade.me/blog/engineering-management-basics-pt/https://franciscotrindade.me/blog/engineering-management-basics-pt/Empresas ensinam novos gestores a gerenciar pessoas, mas não a conduzir um time. O básico para quem está começando.Thu, 04 Jul 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://franciscotrindade.me/blog/engineering-management-basics/https://franciscotrindade.me/blog/engineering-management-basics/Companies teach new managers to manage people, but not to run a team. The basics engineers need when they step up.Thu, 04 Jul 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://franciscotrindade.me/blog/success-as-an-engineering-manager-pt/https://franciscotrindade.me/blog/success-as-an-engineering-manager-pt/O que um gestor de engenharia está de fato tentando alcançar? A pergunta que nossa indústria discutiu muito pouco.Thu, 04 Jul 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://franciscotrindade.me/blog/success-as-an-engineering-manager/https://franciscotrindade.me/blog/success-as-an-engineering-manager/What is an Engineering Manager actually trying to achieve? The question our industry has not discussed nearly enough.Thu, 04 Jul 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://franciscotrindade.me/blog/all-you-need-is-focus-pt/https://franciscotrindade.me/blog/all-you-need-is-focus-pt/Quando o normal é estar distraído, foco vira a maior vantagem de um time. Por que ele supera outras receitas de produtividade.Thu, 11 Apr 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://franciscotrindade.me/blog/all-you-need-is-focus/https://franciscotrindade.me/blog/all-you-need-is-focus/When distraction is the default, focus becomes a team's biggest advantage. Why it beats most other productivity fixes.Thu, 11 Apr 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://franciscotrindade.me/blog/ownership-as-a-skill-for-engineering-managers-pt/https://franciscotrindade.me/blog/ownership-as-a-skill-for-engineering-managers-pt/Gestores de engenharia vivem entre opiniões e restrições concorrentes. Tratar ownership como habilidade é o que resolve.Sat, 24 Feb 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://franciscotrindade.me/blog/ownership-as-a-skill-for-engineering-managers/https://franciscotrindade.me/blog/ownership-as-a-skill-for-engineering-managers/Engineering Managers work amid competing opinions and constraints. Treating ownership as a skill is what cuts through.Sat, 24 Feb 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://franciscotrindade.me/blog/avoiding-bureaucracy-pt/https://franciscotrindade.me/blog/avoiding-bureaucracy-pt/Processo é a principal ferramenta do gestor de engenharia, mas vira burocracia com facilidade. Como melhorar sem cair nisso.Fri, 25 Aug 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://franciscotrindade.me/blog/avoiding-bureaucracy/https://franciscotrindade.me/blog/avoiding-bureaucracy/Process is an Engineering Manager's main tool, but it just as easily becomes bureaucracy. How to improve without it.Fri, 25 Aug 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://franciscotrindade.me/blog/strategy-for-engineering-managers-pt/https://franciscotrindade.me/blog/strategy-for-engineering-managers-pt/Gestores de engenharia focam em execução e pessoas, o que já é bastante. Por que estratégia ainda faz parte do trabalho.Tue, 08 Aug 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://franciscotrindade.me/blog/strategy-for-engineering-managers/https://franciscotrindade.me/blog/strategy-for-engineering-managers/Engineering Managers focus on execution and people, which is plenty. Why strategy still has to be part of the job.Tue, 08 Aug 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://franciscotrindade.me/blog/to-write-or-not-to-write-code-pt/https://franciscotrindade.me/blog/to-write-or-not-to-write-code-pt/Gestores de engenharia ainda devem escrever código? O que significa ser técnico e onde isso ajuda mais o time.Mon, 03 Jul 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://franciscotrindade.me/blog/to-write-or-not-to-write-code/https://franciscotrindade.me/blog/to-write-or-not-to-write-code/Should Engineering Managers still write code? What being technical really means, and where it helps the team most.Mon, 03 Jul 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://franciscotrindade.me/blog/planning-engineering-projects-effectively-pt/https://franciscotrindade.me/blog/planning-engineering-projects-effectively-pt/Planejamento de engenharia mergulha no desenho técnico e ignora o que de fato atrasa projetos. O que planejar no lugar.Wed, 10 May 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://franciscotrindade.me/blog/planning-engineering-projects-effectively/https://franciscotrindade.me/blog/planning-engineering-projects-effectively/Most engineering planning goes deep on technical design and skips what actually derails projects. What to plan instead.Wed, 10 May 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://franciscotrindade.me/blog/product-management-for-engineering-managers-pt/https://franciscotrindade.me/blog/product-management-for-engineering-managers-pt/A maior contribuição de um gestor de engenharia costuma estar fora da engenharia. Por que produto faz parte do trabalho.Mon, 24 Apr 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://franciscotrindade.me/blog/product-management-for-engineering-managers/https://franciscotrindade.me/blog/product-management-for-engineering-managers/An Engineering Manager's biggest contribution is often outside engineering. Why product work belongs in the EM's job.Mon, 24 Apr 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://franciscotrindade.me/blog/resilience-through-collaboration-pt/https://franciscotrindade.me/blog/resilience-through-collaboration-pt/Todo mundo concorda que colaboração é boa. Times multidisciplinares sozinhos não a criam, e a resiliência é o que se perde.Sun, 16 Apr 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://franciscotrindade.me/blog/resilience-through-collaboration/https://franciscotrindade.me/blog/resilience-through-collaboration/Everyone agrees collaboration is good. Cross-functional teams alone don't create it, and resilience is what you lose.Sun, 16 Apr 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://franciscotrindade.me/blog/measuring-it-right-pt/https://franciscotrindade.me/blog/measuring-it-right-pt/Times de software geram dados infinitos e pouquíssimo sinal útil. Princípios para medir engenharia com honestidade.Mon, 27 Mar 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://franciscotrindade.me/blog/measuring-it-right/https://franciscotrindade.me/blog/measuring-it-right/Software teams generate endless data and very little useful signal. Principles for measuring engineering work honestly.Mon, 27 Mar 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://franciscotrindade.me/blog/the-effective-engineering-manager-pt/https://franciscotrindade.me/blog/the-effective-engineering-manager-pt/O trabalho do gestor de engenharia é construir um time eficaz, não gerenciar indivíduos um a um. Por que isso importa.Mon, 20 Mar 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://franciscotrindade.me/blog/the-effective-engineering-manager/https://franciscotrindade.me/blog/the-effective-engineering-manager/The Engineering Manager's job is to build an effective team, not to manage individuals one by one. Why that matters.Mon, 20 Mar 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://franciscotrindade.me/blog/the-times-are-changing-in-software-engineering-pt/https://franciscotrindade.me/blog/the-times-are-changing-in-software-engineering-pt/O crescimento deu lugar a demissões e a um cenário instável para engenheiros e gestores. Como tirar proveito da mudança.Mon, 20 Feb 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://franciscotrindade.me/blog/the-times-are-changing-in-software-engineering/https://franciscotrindade.me/blog/the-times-are-changing-in-software-engineering/Growth gave way to layoffs and a shifting landscape for engineers and managers. How to make the most of the change.Mon, 20 Feb 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://franciscotrindade.me/blog/mind-the-input-pt/https://franciscotrindade.me/blog/mind-the-input-pt/O desempenho de um time é definido antes de o trabalho começar. Por que a qualidade do que entra define o que sai.Mon, 30 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://franciscotrindade.me/blog/mind-the-input/https://franciscotrindade.me/blog/mind-the-input/A team's performance is set long before the work starts. Why the quality of what you take in defines what you ship.Mon, 30 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://franciscotrindade.me/blog/engineering-leadership-tactics-finding-focus-pt/https://franciscotrindade.me/blog/engineering-leadership-tactics-finding-focus-pt/Pensamento sistêmico faz sentido na teoria. Na prática, é fazer o time de engenharia trabalhar menos e entregar mais.Fri, 13 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://franciscotrindade.me/blog/engineering-leadership-tactics-finding-focus/https://franciscotrindade.me/blog/engineering-leadership-tactics-finding-focus/Systems thinking makes sense in theory. Here is the practice: making an engineering team work less and deliver more.Fri, 13 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://franciscotrindade.me/blog/engineering-leadership-tactics-building-alignment-pt/https://franciscotrindade.me/blog/engineering-leadership-tactics-building-alignment-pt/Mudança sem apoio não acontece. Táticas práticas para construir alinhamento como gestor de engenharia, acima e abaixo.Wed, 14 Dec 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://franciscotrindade.me/blog/engineering-leadership-tactics-building-alignment/https://franciscotrindade.me/blog/engineering-leadership-tactics-building-alignment/Change fails without buy-in. Practical tactics for building alignment as an Engineering Manager, above and below you.Wed, 14 Dec 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://franciscotrindade.me/blog/leadership-tactics-circle-of-influence-pt/https://franciscotrindade.me/blog/leadership-tactics-circle-of-influence-pt/A maioria das melhorias trava fora do seu controle. Agir no seu círculo de influência gera mais mudança com menos esforço.Thu, 01 Dec 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://franciscotrindade.me/blog/leadership-tactics-circle-of-influence/https://franciscotrindade.me/blog/leadership-tactics-circle-of-influence/Most improvements stall outside your control. Working within your circle of influence gets more change for less effort.Thu, 01 Dec 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://franciscotrindade.me/blog/the-engineering-manager-tools-pt/https://franciscotrindade.me/blog/the-engineering-manager-tools-pt/O que existe de fato na caixa de ferramentas de um gestor de engenharia, e como usá-las para fazer mudança acontecer.Thu, 20 Oct 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://franciscotrindade.me/blog/the-engineering-manager-tools/https://franciscotrindade.me/blog/the-engineering-manager-tools/What is actually in an Engineering Manager's toolbox, and how to use those tools to make change happen in a team.Thu, 20 Oct 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://franciscotrindade.me/blog/influencing-as-an-engineering-manager-pt/https://franciscotrindade.me/blog/influencing-as-an-engineering-manager-pt/Entender os sistemas do seu time é a parte fácil. O desafio real é influenciá-los e fazer a mudança durar.Tue, 27 Sep 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://franciscotrindade.me/blog/influencing-as-an-engineering-manager/https://franciscotrindade.me/blog/influencing-as-an-engineering-manager/Understanding your team's systems is the easy part. The real challenge is influencing them, and making change stick.Tue, 27 Sep 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://franciscotrindade.me/blog/the-systems-within-a-software-team-pt/https://franciscotrindade.me/blog/the-systems-within-a-software-team-pt/Pensamento sistêmico parece abstrato até você nomear os sistemas. Os que existem dentro de um time e como afetam resultados.Mon, 12 Sep 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://franciscotrindade.me/blog/the-systems-within-a-software-team/https://franciscotrindade.me/blog/the-systems-within-a-software-team/Systems thinking sounds abstract until you name the systems. The ones inside a software team, and how they shape results.Mon, 12 Sep 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://franciscotrindade.me/blog/there-is-always-a-system-pt/https://franciscotrindade.me/blog/there-is-always-a-system-pt/O que é pensamento sistêmico e por que todo gestor de engenharia já trabalha dentro de um sistema, querendo ou não.Thu, 08 Sep 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://franciscotrindade.me/blog/there-is-always-a-system/https://franciscotrindade.me/blog/there-is-always-a-system/What systems thinking actually is, and why every Engineering Manager is already working inside a system either way.Thu, 08 Sep 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://franciscotrindade.me/blog/leading-software-teams-with-systems-thinking-pt/https://franciscotrindade.me/blog/leading-software-teams-with-systems-thinking-pt/Pessoas experientes com aspirações diferentes e um único objetivo. Como o pensamento sistêmico ajuda a liderar isso.Thu, 18 Aug 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://franciscotrindade.me/blog/leading-software-teams-with-systems-thinking/https://franciscotrindade.me/blog/leading-software-teams-with-systems-thinking/Skilled people with different aspirations, one shared objective. How systems thinking helps you lead that well.Thu, 18 Aug 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://franciscotrindade.me/blog/project-leadership-and-collaboration-pt/https://franciscotrindade.me/blog/project-leadership-and-collaboration-pt/Colaboração torna times eficazes, e as práticas usuais de liderança de projeto trabalham contra ela. O que mudar nelas.Thu, 11 Aug 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://franciscotrindade.me/blog/project-leadership-and-collaboration/https://franciscotrindade.me/blog/project-leadership-and-collaboration/Collaboration makes teams effective, and standard project leadership practices quietly work against it. What to change.Thu, 11 Aug 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://franciscotrindade.me/blog/the-big-tech-way-pt/https://franciscotrindade.me/blog/the-big-tech-way-pt/Ninguém é demitido por copiar o Google. Por que as práticas das big techs raramente funcionam numa empresa do seu tamanho.Wed, 10 Aug 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://franciscotrindade.me/blog/the-big-tech-way/https://franciscotrindade.me/blog/the-big-tech-way/Nobody gets fired for copying Google. Why adopting big tech's practices rarely transfers to a company of your size.Wed, 10 Aug 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://franciscotrindade.me/blog/team-leadership-in-action-pt/https://franciscotrindade.me/blog/team-leadership-in-action-pt/Um framework de gestão de engenharia: agir de forma intencional sobre os sistemas que moldam os resultados do time.Tue, 26 Jul 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://franciscotrindade.me/blog/team-leadership-in-action/https://franciscotrindade.me/blog/team-leadership-in-action/A framework for Engineering Management: working intentionally on the systems that shape how your team gets results.Tue, 26 Jul 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://franciscotrindade.me/blog/leading-as-an-engineering-manager-pt/https://franciscotrindade.me/blog/leading-as-an-engineering-manager-pt/Quanto um gestor deve moldar o próprio time? O argumento para liderar o time, e não apenas gerenciar as pessoas.Wed, 20 Jul 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://franciscotrindade.me/blog/leading-as-an-engineering-manager/https://franciscotrindade.me/blog/leading-as-an-engineering-manager/How much should an Engineering Manager shape their team? The case for leading the team, not just managing the people.Wed, 20 Jul 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://franciscotrindade.me/blog/managers-keep-your-focus-pt/https://franciscotrindade.me/blog/managers-keep-your-focus-pt/Uma agenda tomada pelas reuniões dos outros não é o trabalho. Estar disponível não é a mesma coisa que liderar um time.Sun, 03 Oct 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://franciscotrindade.me/blog/managers-keep-your-focus/https://franciscotrindade.me/blog/managers-keep-your-focus/A calendar full of other people's meetings is not the job. Why being available is not the same as leading a team.Sun, 03 Oct 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://franciscotrindade.me/blog/team-and-individuals-pt/https://franciscotrindade.me/blog/team-and-individuals-pt/Empresas querem times produtivos, engenheiros querem crescimento e inspiração. Como sustentar os dois sem escolher um.Thu, 19 Aug 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://franciscotrindade.me/blog/team-and-individuals/https://franciscotrindade.me/blog/team-and-individuals/Companies want productive teams, engineers want growth and inspiration. How to hold both without picking a side.Thu, 19 Aug 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://franciscotrindade.me/blog/why-does-process-matter-pt/https://franciscotrindade.me/blog/why-does-process-matter-pt/A indústria trocou processo por pessoas e perdeu algo real. Por que processo ainda importa para times de software.Mon, 28 Jun 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://franciscotrindade.me/blog/why-does-process-matter/https://franciscotrindade.me/blog/why-does-process-matter/The industry traded process for people and lost something real. Why process still matters for software teams today.Mon, 28 Jun 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://franciscotrindade.me/blog/forgetting-management-pt/https://franciscotrindade.me/blog/forgetting-management-pt/A indústria trocou o foco em processo pelo foco em pessoas. O que melhorou e o conhecimento de gestão que ficou para trás.Mon, 10 May 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://franciscotrindade.me/blog/forgetting-management/https://franciscotrindade.me/blog/forgetting-management/The industry moved from process-driven to people-focused. What that shift improved, and the management knowledge it lost.Mon, 10 May 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://franciscotrindade.me/blog/improve-it-running-an-effective-software-team-pt/https://franciscotrindade.me/blog/improve-it-running-an-effective-software-team-pt/Quanto trabalho cabe? Quem contratar? Gerenciar um time de software parece arte, mas dá para raciocinar sobre isso.Mon, 12 Apr 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://franciscotrindade.me/blog/improve-it-running-an-effective-software-team/https://franciscotrindade.me/blog/improve-it-running-an-effective-software-team/How much work can we take on? Who should I hire? Managing a software team feels like art, but it can be reasoned about.Mon, 12 Apr 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://franciscotrindade.me/blog/punching-above-your-weight-pt/https://franciscotrindade.me/blog/punching-above-your-weight-pt/Times pequenos, caixa curto, expectativa crescendo. Táticas para resultados grandes sem adicionar mais engenheiros.Tue, 29 Sep 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://franciscotrindade.me/blog/punching-above-your-weight/https://franciscotrindade.me/blog/punching-above-your-weight/Small teams, short runway, rising expectations. Tactics for getting outsized results without adding more engineers.Tue, 29 Sep 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://franciscotrindade.me/blog/what-should-engineering-managers-do-pt/https://franciscotrindade.me/blog/what-should-engineering-managers-do-pt/O modelo Spotify foi copiado por todos e entendido por ninguém. O que gestores de engenharia deveriam de fato fazer.Wed, 15 Jul 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://franciscotrindade.me/blog/what-should-engineering-managers-do/https://franciscotrindade.me/blog/what-should-engineering-managers-do/The Spotify model was copied by everyone and understood by no one. What Engineering Managers should actually be doing.Wed, 15 Jul 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://franciscotrindade.me/blog/make-it-faster-with-slow-decision-making-pt/https://franciscotrindade.me/blog/make-it-faster-with-slow-decision-making-pt/Decidir rápido parece progresso. Adiar decisões até realmente precisar delas é o que faz o projeto andar mais rápido.Tue, 30 Jun 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://franciscotrindade.me/blog/make-it-faster-with-slow-decision-making/https://franciscotrindade.me/blog/make-it-faster-with-slow-decision-making/Deciding fast feels like momentum. Deferring decisions until you actually need them is what makes projects go faster.Tue, 30 Jun 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://franciscotrindade.me/blog/tell-me-how-you-measure-me-pt/https://franciscotrindade.me/blog/tell-me-how-you-measure-me-pt/As métricas que eu realmente acompanho como gestor, como uso cada uma e onde elas enganam se você não tomar cuidado.Mon, 18 May 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://franciscotrindade.me/blog/tell-me-how-you-measure-me/https://franciscotrindade.me/blog/tell-me-how-you-measure-me/The metrics I actually track as an engineering manager, how I use them, and where they mislead you if you're careless.Mon, 18 May 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://franciscotrindade.me/blog/inside-job-qcon-2019-pt/https://franciscotrindade.me/blog/inside-job-qcon-2019-pt/Minha palestra no QCon 2019 com Zoe Gagnon sobre implementar mudança no Meetup, e o que acertamos e erramos no caminho.Sun, 17 May 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://franciscotrindade.me/blog/inside-job-qcon-2019/https://franciscotrindade.me/blog/inside-job-qcon-2019/My QCon 2019 talk with Zoe Gagnon on implementing change at Meetup, and what we got right and wrong along the way.Sun, 17 May 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://franciscotrindade.me/blog/change-your-standups-pt/https://franciscotrindade.me/blog/change-your-standups-pt/A daily é a única mudança que fiz em todos os times que gerenciei, e melhorou todos eles. Como mudar o formato dela.Fri, 08 May 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://franciscotrindade.me/blog/change-your-standups/https://franciscotrindade.me/blog/change-your-standups/The daily standup is the one change I've made to every team I've managed, and it has improved every one of them.Fri, 08 May 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://franciscotrindade.me/blog/how-is-it-going-pt/https://franciscotrindade.me/blog/how-is-it-going-pt/Depois de dez anos gerenciando, voltei a ter um gestor. O que aprendi sobre comunicar o estado do time para cima.Mon, 04 May 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://franciscotrindade.me/blog/how-is-it-going/https://franciscotrindade.me/blog/how-is-it-going/After ten years in management I had to report to a manager again. What I learned about communicating state upward.Mon, 04 May 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://franciscotrindade.me/blog/eye-on-the-prize-pt/https://franciscotrindade.me/blog/eye-on-the-prize-pt/Os princípios e táticas aos quais eu sempre volto em todo time que gerencio, aprendidos na ThoughtWorks e depois dela.Tue, 17 Mar 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://franciscotrindade.me/blog/eye-on-the-prize/https://franciscotrindade.me/blog/eye-on-the-prize/The principles and tactics I keep returning to with every team I manage, learned at ThoughtWorks and in the years since.Tue, 17 Mar 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://franciscotrindade.me/blog/pull-requests-considered-harmful-pt/https://franciscotrindade.me/blog/pull-requests-considered-harmful-pt/Feature branches e pull requests viraram o jeito padrão de entregar. Nem sempre foi assim, e o custo raramente é somado.Tue, 28 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://franciscotrindade.me/blog/pull-requests-considered-harmful/https://franciscotrindade.me/blog/pull-requests-considered-harmful/Feature branches and pull requests are now the default way to ship. It wasn't always so, and the cost is rarely counted.Tue, 28 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://franciscotrindade.me/blog/the-snail-pace-of-pull-requests-pt/https://franciscotrindade.me/blog/the-snail-pace-of-pull-requests-pt/Times liberam várias vezes por dia, mas o trabalho fica parado esperando revisão. Para onde vai o tempo na entrega.Tue, 28 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://franciscotrindade.me/blog/the-snail-pace-of-pull-requests/https://franciscotrindade.me/blog/the-snail-pace-of-pull-requests/Teams release many times a day, yet work sits waiting for review. Where the time actually goes in a delivery pipeline.Tue, 28 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://franciscotrindade.me/blog/on-accountability-in-software-development-pt/https://franciscotrindade.me/blog/on-accountability-in-software-development-pt/Toda empresa quer accountability, mas a palavra faz times de software recuarem. Como consegui-la sem virar cobrança.Sun, 19 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://franciscotrindade.me/blog/on-accountability-in-software-development/https://franciscotrindade.me/blog/on-accountability-in-software-development/Every business wants accountability, but the word makes software teams flinch. How to get it without the blame.Sun, 19 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://franciscotrindade.me/blog/customer-service-the-not-so-secret-weapon-of-every-startup-pt/https://franciscotrindade.me/blog/customer-service-the-not-so-secret-weapon-of-every-startup-pt/Toda startup erra. A forma como você lida com esses erros junto ao cliente é o que decide se a empresa sobrevive a eles.Tue, 14 Feb 2017 00:00:00 GMThttps://franciscotrindade.me/blog/customer-service-the-not-so-secret-weapon-of-every-startup/https://franciscotrindade.me/blog/customer-service-the-not-so-secret-weapon-of-every-startup/Every startup makes mistakes. How you handle them with customers is what decides whether the company survives them.Tue, 14 Feb 2017 00:00:00 GMThttps://franciscotrindade.me/blog/democratic-product-management-at-yourgrocer-pt/https://franciscotrindade.me/blog/democratic-product-management-at-yourgrocer-pt/Como tomávamos decisões de produto no YourGrocer: as versões do nosso processo de decisão e o que cada uma ensinou.Sun, 15 Jan 2017 00:00:00 GMThttps://franciscotrindade.me/blog/democratic-product-management-at-yourgrocer/https://franciscotrindade.me/blog/democratic-product-management-at-yourgrocer/How we ran product decisions at YourGrocer: the versions of our decision-making process, and what each one taught us.Sun, 15 Jan 2017 00:00:00 GMThttps://franciscotrindade.me/blog/how-to-make-100-people-love-your-product-pt/https://franciscotrindade.me/blog/how-to-make-100-people-love-your-product-pt/Conquistar os primeiros 100 clientes apaixonados é conselho padrão. Como fizemos isso no YourGrocer, usando JTBD.Wed, 16 Nov 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://franciscotrindade.me/blog/how-to-make-100-people-love-your-product/https://franciscotrindade.me/blog/how-to-make-100-people-love-your-product/Finding your first 100 devoted customers is standard startup advice. How we actually did it at YourGrocer, using JTBD.Wed, 16 Nov 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://franciscotrindade.me/blog/product-management-without-the-budget-pt/https://franciscotrindade.me/blog/product-management-without-the-budget-pt/Crescer um produto 30% ao mês sem orçamento. O que o primeiro ano do YourGrocer nos ensinou sobre gestão de produto.Thu, 02 Oct 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://franciscotrindade.me/blog/product-management-without-the-budget/https://franciscotrindade.me/blog/product-management-without-the-budget/Growing a product 30% month on month without a budget. What our first year at YourGrocer taught us about product work.Thu, 02 Oct 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://franciscotrindade.me/blog/development-is-support-support-is-development-pt/https://franciscotrindade.me/blog/development-is-support-support-is-development-pt/Software nunca fica pronto, então separar times de construção e de suporte prejudica os dois. Um argumento para juntá-los.Tue, 20 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMThttps://franciscotrindade.me/blog/development-is-support-support-is-development/https://franciscotrindade.me/blog/development-is-support-support-is-development/Software is never finished, so splitting build teams from support teams sets both up to fail. A case for merging them.Tue, 20 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMThttps://franciscotrindade.me/blog/evolving-infrastructure-pt/https://franciscotrindade.me/blog/evolving-infrastructure-pt/Software pode evoluir de forma incremental em vez de ser desenhado todo antes. O mesmo princípio vale para infraestrutura.Tue, 06 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMThttps://franciscotrindade.me/blog/evolving-infrastructure/https://franciscotrindade.me/blog/evolving-infrastructure/Software can evolve incrementally instead of being designed entirely upfront. The same principle applies to infrastructure.Tue, 06 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMThttps://franciscotrindade.me/blog/last-conference-take-it-offshore-pt/https://franciscotrindade.me/blog/last-conference-take-it-offshore-pt/Formar um time distribuído entre Melbourne e Xi'an enquanto transferíamos um produto existente. O que de fato funcionou.Thu, 02 Aug 2012 00:00:00 GMThttps://franciscotrindade.me/blog/last-conference-take-it-offshore/https://franciscotrindade.me/blog/last-conference-take-it-offshore/Forming a distributed team across Melbourne and Xi'an while transferring an existing product. What actually worked.Thu, 02 Aug 2012 00:00:00 GMThttps://franciscotrindade.me/blog/beware-of-technical-projects-pt/https://franciscotrindade.me/blog/beware-of-technical-projects-pt/Código legado é real, mas tratar a solução como projeto técnico é o que faz reescritas perderem apoio e pararem no meio.Mon, 16 Jul 2012 00:00:00 GMThttps://franciscotrindade.me/blog/beware-of-technical-projects/https://franciscotrindade.me/blog/beware-of-technical-projects/Legacy code is real, but framing the fix as a technical project is how rewrites lose funding and stall halfway.Mon, 16 Jul 2012 00:00:00 GMThttps://franciscotrindade.me/blog/developing-internally-you-are-not-special-pt/https://franciscotrindade.me/blog/developing-internally-you-are-not-special-pt/Ferramentas internas parecem o caso especial que justifica construir a sua. Quase nunca são, e o custo aparece depois.Wed, 20 Jun 2012 00:00:00 GMThttps://franciscotrindade.me/blog/developing-internally-you-are-not-special/https://franciscotrindade.me/blog/developing-internally-you-are-not-special/Internal tools feel like the special case that justifies building your own. They rarely are, and the cost arrives later.Wed, 20 Jun 2012 00:00:00 GMThttps://franciscotrindade.me/blog/duplication-yes-please-pt/https://franciscotrindade.me/blog/duplication-yes-please-pt/Quando a empresa cresce além de um time, código compartilhado vira gargalo. Por que alguma duplicação é melhor que reuso.Wed, 13 Jun 2012 00:00:00 GMThttps://franciscotrindade.me/blog/duplication-yes-please/https://franciscotrindade.me/blog/duplication-yes-please/When a company outgrows one team, shared code becomes the bottleneck. Why some duplication beats premature reuse.Wed, 13 Jun 2012 00:00:00 GMThttps://franciscotrindade.me/blog/knowledge-sharing-on-steroids-pt/https://franciscotrindade.me/blog/knowledge-sharing-on-steroids-pt/Formar um time de software é, em boa parte, um problema de compartilhar conhecimento. As práticas que aceleraram isso.Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMThttps://franciscotrindade.me/blog/knowledge-sharing-on-steroids/https://franciscotrindade.me/blog/knowledge-sharing-on-steroids/Ramping up a software team is mostly a knowledge-sharing problem. The practices that made it faster for my teams.Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMThttps://franciscotrindade.me/blog/kaizen-lego-game-agile-2011-pt/https://franciscotrindade.me/blog/kaizen-lego-game-agile-2011-pt/O Kaizen Lego Game: workshop que criamos no Agile 2011 para ensinar melhoria contínua fazendo os times praticarem.Sun, 02 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMThttps://franciscotrindade.me/blog/kaizen-lego-game-agile-2011/https://franciscotrindade.me/blog/kaizen-lego-game-agile-2011/The Kaizen Lego Game: a workshop we built at Agile 2011 to teach continuous improvement by having teams practice it.Sun, 02 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMThttps://franciscotrindade.me/blog/can-i-just-throw-it-over-the-wall-pt/https://franciscotrindade.me/blog/can-i-just-throw-it-over-the-wall-pt/Repasses informais entre desenvolvimento e QA custam mais do que economizam. O que mudou quando tornamos a entrega explícita.Tue, 15 Feb 2011 00:00:00 GMThttps://franciscotrindade.me/blog/can-i-just-throw-it-over-the-wall/https://franciscotrindade.me/blog/can-i-just-throw-it-over-the-wall/Informal dev-to-QA handoffs quietly cost a team more than they save. What changed when we made the handover explicit.Tue, 15 Feb 2011 00:00:00 GMThttps://franciscotrindade.me/blog/simple-planning-pt/https://franciscotrindade.me/blog/simple-planning-pt/Tudo que você precisa para planejar duas semanas cabe em uma parede de post-its. Uma abordagem propositalmente simples.Tue, 04 May 2010 00:00:00 GMThttps://franciscotrindade.me/blog/simple-planning/https://franciscotrindade.me/blog/simple-planning/Everything you need to plan a two-week iteration can fit on a wall of post-its. A deliberately simple planning approach.Tue, 04 May 2010 00:00:00 GMThttps://franciscotrindade.me/blog/we-need-standards-pt/https://franciscotrindade.me/blog/we-need-standards-pt/Bases de código onde cada controller e cada teste é escrito de um jeito. Por que padrões importam mais que preferência.Fri, 17 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMThttps://franciscotrindade.me/blog/we-need-standards/https://franciscotrindade.me/blog/we-need-standards/Codebases where every controller and every test is written differently. Why standards matter more than preference.Fri, 17 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMThttps://franciscotrindade.me/blog/uncertainty-pt/https://franciscotrindade.me/blog/uncertainty-pt/Por que intuição e incerteza seguem subvalorizadas em software e no mundo corporativo, a partir de uma palestra de Ricardo Semler.Tue, 20 May 2008 00:00:00 GMThttps://franciscotrindade.me/blog/uncertainty/https://franciscotrindade.me/blog/uncertainty/Why intuition and uncertainty stay undervalued in software and corporate life, drawing on Ricardo Semler's MIT lecture.Tue, 20 May 2008 00:00:00 GMThttps://franciscotrindade.me/blog/velocity-capacity-and-productivity-pt/https://franciscotrindade.me/blog/velocity-capacity-and-productivity-pt/Velocidade não é produtividade. Como pensar em medir entrega e capacidade em times ágeis sem enganar a si mesmo.Tue, 13 May 2008 00:00:00 GMThttps://franciscotrindade.me/blog/velocity-capacity-and-productivity/https://franciscotrindade.me/blog/velocity-capacity-and-productivity/Velocity is not productivity. How to think about measuring output and capacity on agile teams without fooling yourself.Tue, 13 May 2008 00:00:00 GMThttps://franciscotrindade.me/blog/software-engineering-or-development-pt/https://franciscotrindade.me/blog/software-engineering-or-development-pt/Construir software é engenharia ou outra coisa? O velho debate e por que a resposta muda a forma de gerenciar times.Sun, 06 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMThttps://franciscotrindade.me/blog/software-engineering-or-development/https://franciscotrindade.me/blog/software-engineering-or-development/Is building software engineering or something else? The old debate, and why the answer changes how teams are managed.Sun, 06 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT