Essays on engineering leadership, team effectiveness, and building software organizations.https://franciscotrindade.me/https://franciscotrindade.me/blog/more-output-less-progress/https://franciscotrindade.me/blog/more-output-less-progress/AI lets teams produce more output than ever, but more output also means more noise. Aligning people, not just agents, is now the bottleneck, and visualizations are still the best tool for it.Sat, 14 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://franciscotrindade.me/blog/more-output-less-progress-pt/https://franciscotrindade.me/blog/more-output-less-progress-pt/A IA permite que os times produzam mais output do que nunca, mas mais output também significa mais ruído. Alinhar pessoas, e não só agentes, virou o gargalo, e visualizações continuam sendo a melhor ferramenta para isso.Sat, 14 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://franciscotrindade.me/blog/engineering-still-matters/https://franciscotrindade.me/blog/engineering-still-matters/AI made building software easier, but not preparing for what comes next. Engineers still hold the quality bar, and keeping it is what makes software cheap to build, run, and evolve.Sun, 18 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://franciscotrindade.me/blog/engineering-still-matters-pt/https://franciscotrindade.me/blog/engineering-still-matters-pt/A IA facilitou construir software, mas não se preparar para o que vem depois. Engenheiros continuam sendo os guardiões da barra de qualidade, e mantê-la é o que torna o software barato de construir, rodar e evoluir.Sun, 18 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://franciscotrindade.me/blog/writing-code-is-easy-delivering-a-software-product-is-still-hard/https://franciscotrindade.me/blog/writing-code-is-easy-delivering-a-software-product-is-still-hard/AI made writing code much faster, but not delivering value to customers. Three principles for managing your team as a system so speed turns into value.Sun, 04 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://franciscotrindade.me/blog/writing-code-is-easy-delivering-a-software-product-is-still-hard-pt/https://franciscotrindade.me/blog/writing-code-is-easy-delivering-a-software-product-is-still-hard-pt/A IA tornou a escrita de código muito mais rápida, mas não a entrega de valor para os clientes. Três princípios para gerenciar seu time como um sistema e transformar velocidade em valor.Sun, 04 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://franciscotrindade.me/blog/leading-effective-software-teams-is-out-today/https://franciscotrindade.me/blog/leading-effective-software-teams-is-out-today/Leading Effective Software Teams is now available in print and on Kindle. A systems thinking guide for engineering managers, built on principles, practices, and real stories.Sat, 12 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://franciscotrindade.me/blog/leading-effective-software-teams-is-out-today-pt/https://franciscotrindade.me/blog/leading-effective-software-teams-is-out-today-pt/Leading Effective Software Teams já está disponível em versão impressa e Kindle. Um guia de systems thinking para engineering managers, construído com princípios, práticas e histórias reais.Sat, 12 Sep 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/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/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/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/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-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-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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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-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-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/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/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/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/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-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-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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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 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 GMT