Félix López Luis 🇺🇦
@flopezluis.bsky.social
Vp of engineering @technosylva ex @tinybirdco @google.
Management & psychology.
http://flopezluis.substack.com http://engineeringmanager.academy
Management & psychology.
http://flopezluis.substack.com http://engineeringmanager.academy
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1st Rule of Every Manager
"The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place"
― George Bernard Shaw
2nd Rule of Every Manager
“Everything that needs to be said has already been said. But since no one was listening, everything must be said again.”
― André Gide
"The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place"
― George Bernard Shaw
2nd Rule of Every Manager
“Everything that needs to be said has already been said. But since no one was listening, everything must be said again.”
― André Gide
Es increíble lo que mejora tu vida la AI a la hora de hacer performance reviews. Eso sí, siempre que vayas tomando notas del feedback que das a la gente.
Algo que llevaba horas y horas por persona y era tedioso, se convierte casi en una mera revisión.
Obviamente require trabajo,
Algo que llevaba horas y horas por persona y era tedioso, se convierte casi en una mera revisión.
Obviamente require trabajo,
November 12, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Es increíble lo que mejora tu vida la AI a la hora de hacer performance reviews. Eso sí, siempre que vayas tomando notas del feedback que das a la gente.
Algo que llevaba horas y horas por persona y era tedioso, se convierte casi en una mera revisión.
Obviamente require trabajo,
Algo que llevaba horas y horas por persona y era tedioso, se convierte casi en una mera revisión.
Obviamente require trabajo,
Este post es de obligada lectura para cualquier puesto de senior pa arriba
eugeneyan.com/writing/prin...
eugeneyan.com/writing/prin...
Advice for New Principal Tech ICs (i.e., Notes to Myself)
Based on what I've learned from role models and mentors in Amazon
eugeneyan.com
November 1, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Este post es de obligada lectura para cualquier puesto de senior pa arriba
eugeneyan.com/writing/prin...
eugeneyan.com/writing/prin...
This post is spot on. Highly recommended.
"If you’re a strong engineer, it’s your responsibility to take a position"
www.seangoedecke.com/taking-a-pos...
"If you’re a strong engineer, it’s your responsibility to take a position"
www.seangoedecke.com/taking-a-pos...
Engineers who won’t commit
Why remaining non-commital is cowardly
www.seangoedecke.com
October 17, 2025 at 9:16 AM
This post is spot on. Highly recommended.
"If you’re a strong engineer, it’s your responsibility to take a position"
www.seangoedecke.com/taking-a-pos...
"If you’re a strong engineer, it’s your responsibility to take a position"
www.seangoedecke.com/taking-a-pos...
He movido el curso al 15 y 16 de Noviembre para no coincidir con la @tarugoconf por si a alguno le va mejor esas fechas
t.co/O2Zs3qfKoj
t.co/O2Zs3qfKoj
https://bright-piano-f75.notion.site/Engineering-Manager-Academy-Curso-de-Tech-Lead-c7945eb3b36540ef9d4b5e4be3b9635b
t.co
October 16, 2025 at 1:40 PM
He movido el curso al 15 y 16 de Noviembre para no coincidir con la @tarugoconf por si a alguno le va mejor esas fechas
t.co/O2Zs3qfKoj
t.co/O2Zs3qfKoj
Reposted by Félix López Luis 🇺🇦
BTW if anyone wants a good intro to database storage / Log structured storage (aka LSM trees) @db.cs.cmu.edu lecture this fall is a good one: www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_sT...
#05 - Log-Structured Database Storage ✸ SingleStore Database Talk (CMU Intro to Database Systems)
YouTube video by CMU Database Group
www.youtube.com
October 7, 2025 at 1:32 PM
BTW if anyone wants a good intro to database storage / Log structured storage (aka LSM trees) @db.cs.cmu.edu lecture this fall is a good one: www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_sT...
Reposted by Félix López Luis 🇺🇦
I'd like to make something perfectly clear. This kid covers Tool's full discography in a single take—7.5 hours, nonstop.
Thank you. That'll be all.
youtu.be/0kO0SnAu8Nc
Thank you. That'll be all.
youtu.be/0kO0SnAu8Nc
TOOL's Discography in One Take (Drum Cover) - Tyler Visser
YouTube video by Tyler Visser
youtu.be
October 12, 2025 at 11:21 PM
I'd like to make something perfectly clear. This kid covers Tool's full discography in a single take—7.5 hours, nonstop.
Thank you. That'll be all.
youtu.be/0kO0SnAu8Nc
Thank you. That'll be all.
youtu.be/0kO0SnAu8Nc
Súper recomendable lectura.
“Systems thinking promises to give us a toolkit to design complex systems that work from the ground up. It fails because it ignores an important fact: systems fight back.”
worksinprogress.co/issue/magica...
“Systems thinking promises to give us a toolkit to design complex systems that work from the ground up. It fails because it ignores an important fact: systems fight back.”
worksinprogress.co/issue/magica...
Magical systems thinking - Works in Progress Magazine
Systems thinking promises to give us a toolkit to design complex systems that work from the ground up. It fails because it ignores that systems fight back.
worksinprogress.co
October 12, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Súper recomendable lectura.
“Systems thinking promises to give us a toolkit to design complex systems that work from the ground up. It fails because it ignores an important fact: systems fight back.”
worksinprogress.co/issue/magica...
“Systems thinking promises to give us a toolkit to design complex systems that work from the ground up. It fails because it ignores an important fact: systems fight back.”
worksinprogress.co/issue/magica...
Un tip de productividad super simple para reuniones.
No pospongas decisiones o acciones que se pueden tomar en ese mismo momento. Cada vez que alguien sugiera "dejarlo para otra reunión", haz pushback.
Si de verdad es indispensable esperar porq faltan datos, perfecto pero entonces que haya un owner
No pospongas decisiones o acciones que se pueden tomar en ese mismo momento. Cada vez que alguien sugiera "dejarlo para otra reunión", haz pushback.
Si de verdad es indispensable esperar porq faltan datos, perfecto pero entonces que haya un owner
October 7, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Un tip de productividad super simple para reuniones.
No pospongas decisiones o acciones que se pueden tomar en ese mismo momento. Cada vez que alguien sugiera "dejarlo para otra reunión", haz pushback.
Si de verdad es indispensable esperar porq faltan datos, perfecto pero entonces que haya un owner
No pospongas decisiones o acciones que se pueden tomar en ese mismo momento. Cada vez que alguien sugiera "dejarlo para otra reunión", haz pushback.
Si de verdad es indispensable esperar porq faltan datos, perfecto pero entonces que haya un owner
Varias cosas interesantes en este post (obviando el tono de Linus que es como casi siempre lamentable)
"How to Write "Garbage Code" (by Linus Torvalds)"
Qué por cierto ese tono me recuerda una pequeña anécdota de un sitio en el que curré.
read.engineerscodex.com/p/how-to-not...
"How to Write "Garbage Code" (by Linus Torvalds)"
Qué por cierto ese tono me recuerda una pequeña anécdota de un sitio en el que curré.
read.engineerscodex.com/p/how-to-not...
How to Write "Garbage Code" (by Linus Torvalds)
Linus Torvalds, Creator of Git and Linux, on reducing cognitive load
read.engineerscodex.com
October 6, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Varias cosas interesantes en este post (obviando el tono de Linus que es como casi siempre lamentable)
"How to Write "Garbage Code" (by Linus Torvalds)"
Qué por cierto ese tono me recuerda una pequeña anécdota de un sitio en el que curré.
read.engineerscodex.com/p/how-to-not...
"How to Write "Garbage Code" (by Linus Torvalds)"
Qué por cierto ese tono me recuerda una pequeña anécdota de un sitio en el que curré.
read.engineerscodex.com/p/how-to-not...
Reposted by Félix López Luis 🇺🇦
That’s exactly why the Lean approach —and the continuous elimination of waste— is so critical. Now that AI dramatically accelerates how fast we can build, the risk of dying from complexity grows exponentially.
October 5, 2025 at 10:27 AM
That’s exactly why the Lean approach —and the continuous elimination of waste— is so critical. Now that AI dramatically accelerates how fast we can build, the risk of dying from complexity grows exponentially.
“Complexity increases because adding is easy and removing is dangerous.
Whenever there's a problem, we add: a new person, requirement, or process. We never subtract.”
From Brain Food
Whenever there's a problem, we add: a new person, requirement, or process. We never subtract.”
From Brain Food
October 5, 2025 at 10:14 AM
“Complexity increases because adding is easy and removing is dangerous.
Whenever there's a problem, we add: a new person, requirement, or process. We never subtract.”
From Brain Food
Whenever there's a problem, we add: a new person, requirement, or process. We never subtract.”
From Brain Food
Reposted by Félix López Luis 🇺🇦
Next week is the start of @db.cs.cmu.edu's latest seminar series: Future Data Systems
@samarchdb.bsky.social and I are hosting speakers from leading systems in the datalake / lakehouse space.
Mondays @ 4:30pm ET via Zoom. Open to the public. Videos posted to YouTube: db.cs.cmu.edu/seminars/fal...
@samarchdb.bsky.social and I are hosting speakers from leading systems in the datalake / lakehouse space.
Mondays @ 4:30pm ET via Zoom. Open to the public. Videos posted to YouTube: db.cs.cmu.edu/seminars/fal...
September 17, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Next week is the start of @db.cs.cmu.edu's latest seminar series: Future Data Systems
@samarchdb.bsky.social and I are hosting speakers from leading systems in the datalake / lakehouse space.
Mondays @ 4:30pm ET via Zoom. Open to the public. Videos posted to YouTube: db.cs.cmu.edu/seminars/fal...
@samarchdb.bsky.social and I are hosting speakers from leading systems in the datalake / lakehouse space.
Mondays @ 4:30pm ET via Zoom. Open to the public. Videos posted to YouTube: db.cs.cmu.edu/seminars/fal...
Good advice I heard today for those times when you’re underwater: instead of dropping balls because you forgot about them or got overwhelmed juggling, be intentional, let the ones you choose fall
October 1, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Good advice I heard today for those times when you’re underwater: instead of dropping balls because you forgot about them or got overwhelmed juggling, be intentional, let the ones you choose fall
@mariomnts.bsky.social sales en la sexta 😀
September 27, 2025 at 12:20 PM
@mariomnts.bsky.social sales en la sexta 😀
Un consejo que no me canso de dar a nivel profesional. Si haces mucho ruido para nada y acabas desperdiciando el tiempo de la gente, dejarán de prestarte atención. Luego te preguntarás por qué no consigues mover nada
September 24, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Un consejo que no me canso de dar a nivel profesional. Si haces mucho ruido para nada y acabas desperdiciando el tiempo de la gente, dejarán de prestarte atención. Luego te preguntarás por qué no consigues mover nada
De verdad hay gente sientiéndose superior moralmente (desde el sofá) a un tío que lleva operando gratis a gente por todo el puto mundo solo porque esa persona es de derechas????
🤦🏻🤦🏻🤦🏻🤦🏻🤦🏻
🤦🏻🤦🏻🤦🏻🤦🏻🤦🏻
September 21, 2025 at 5:44 PM
De verdad hay gente sientiéndose superior moralmente (desde el sofá) a un tío que lleva operando gratis a gente por todo el puto mundo solo porque esa persona es de derechas????
🤦🏻🤦🏻🤦🏻🤦🏻🤦🏻
🤦🏻🤦🏻🤦🏻🤦🏻🤦🏻
“When mistakes are cheap, you can move fast and fix what doesn't work. When mistakes are expensive, you overthink everything and still choose wrong”
From Brain Food
From Brain Food
September 21, 2025 at 12:54 PM
“When mistakes are cheap, you can move fast and fix what doesn't work. When mistakes are expensive, you overthink everything and still choose wrong”
From Brain Food
From Brain Food
Reposted by Félix López Luis 🇺🇦
Tech companies are scrambling to contact their visa-holding employees who happen to be overseas today amid Trump’s sudden policy change. That may mean getting them to the closest US soil, like Guam or Hawaii, or to a place like Abu Dhabi that has an immigration facility.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
September 21, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Tech companies are scrambling to contact their visa-holding employees who happen to be overseas today amid Trump’s sudden policy change. That may mean getting them to the closest US soil, like Guam or Hawaii, or to a place like Abu Dhabi that has an immigration facility.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Nope. Engineering excellence no pasa por poner lo último de lo último a menos que lo último de lo último sea necesario para el negocio y no te quede otra. Lo contrario es tech-onanismo
world.hey.com/dhh/engineer...
world.hey.com/dhh/engineer...
Engineering excellence starts on edge
The best engineering teams take control of their tools. They help develop the frameworks and libraries they depend on, and they do this by running production code on edge — the unreleased next version...
world.hey.com
September 20, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Nope. Engineering excellence no pasa por poner lo último de lo último a menos que lo último de lo último sea necesario para el negocio y no te quede otra. Lo contrario es tech-onanismo
world.hey.com/dhh/engineer...
world.hey.com/dhh/engineer...
Acabamos de sacar una posición que es una oportunidad que no se da mucho. Buscamos a un Technical Lead Manager, es decir a un manager que lidere un pequeño equipo y también ponga liderazgo técnico. Lo especial es que no importa que tenga poca experiencia gestionando porque tanto @javierdearcos.com
September 19, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Acabamos de sacar una posición que es una oportunidad que no se da mucho. Buscamos a un Technical Lead Manager, es decir a un manager que lidere un pequeño equipo y también ponga liderazgo técnico. Lo especial es que no importa que tenga poca experiencia gestionando porque tanto @javierdearcos.com
"Jonathan Haidt describes this as our species having evolved reasoning that functions more like an ‘inner lawyer’ concerned with protecting our reputations rather than an ‘inner scientist’ concerned with establishing what is true"
www.hpluckrose.com/p/the-shame-...
www.hpluckrose.com/p/the-shame-...
The Shame of Being Wrong Is Lying to You
How credibility really works.
www.hpluckrose.com
September 17, 2025 at 6:24 AM
"Jonathan Haidt describes this as our species having evolved reasoning that functions more like an ‘inner lawyer’ concerned with protecting our reputations rather than an ‘inner scientist’ concerned with establishing what is true"
www.hpluckrose.com/p/the-shame-...
www.hpluckrose.com/p/the-shame-...
Managing engineers more experienced than you
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emdiary.substack.com/p/managing-e...
Managing engineers more experienced than you
Three mistakes new Engineering Managers make while managing highly experienced engineers.
emdiary.substack.com
September 17, 2025 at 6:02 AM
Managing engineers more experienced than you
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emdiary.substack.com/p/managing-e...