Yeray Darias
@ydarias.bsky.social
Software developer ... sometimes I'm like The Wolf, I solve problems (and I bake cookies) 🙂
Besides stating the differences between engineering managers and staff engineers, this article is pure gold on pointing antipatterns and different ways to organize your own teams
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Staff Engineer vs Engineering Manager
When do you need a Staff Engineers? What's the accountability model with or without?
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January 2, 2026 at 11:46 AM
Besides stating the differences between engineering managers and staff engineers, this article is pure gold on pointing antipatterns and different ways to organize your own teams
blog.alexewerlof.com/p/staff-engi...
blog.alexewerlof.com/p/staff-engi...
We’re Doing AI All Wrong. Here’s How to Get It Right | Sasha Luccioni
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We’re Doing AI All Wrong. Here’s How to Get It Right | Sasha Luccioni | TED
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December 31, 2025 at 3:07 PM
We’re Doing AI All Wrong. Here’s How to Get It Right | Sasha Luccioni
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bl-v...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bl-v...
"It is impossible to foster a psychologically safe culture if persistent underperformance goes unaddressed."
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blog.danielna.com/vulnerabilit...
Vulnerability Avoidant
The Tyrant, The Pushover, and the Peter Principle.
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December 27, 2025 at 8:00 PM
"It is impossible to foster a psychologically safe culture if persistent underperformance goes unaddressed."
blog.danielna.com/vulnerabilit...
blog.danielna.com/vulnerabilit...
"Management is not a promotion, management is a change of profession. And you will be bad at it for a long time after you start doing it. If you don’t think you’re bad at it, you aren’t doing your job."
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The Engineer/Manager Pendulum
Lately I’ve been doing some career counseling for people off Twitter (long story). The central drama for many people goes something like this: “I’m a senior engineer, but I’m thin…
charity.wtf
December 23, 2025 at 6:45 PM
"Management is not a promotion, management is a change of profession. And you will be bad at it for a long time after you start doing it. If you don’t think you’re bad at it, you aren’t doing your job."
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charity.wtf/2017/05/11/t...
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If you're wondering why January often brings the largest outages - here's a common reason
The code freeze is THE time to do all the big refactors that seemed too risky to do the rest of the year. Guess when it ships... all at once 🥶
The code freeze is THE time to do all the big refactors that seemed too risky to do the rest of the year. Guess when it ships... all at once 🥶
It's that time of the year... code freezes / deployment freezes will start at lots of companies. A deepdive on approaches at Big Tech; the upsides; downsides; and companies that don't do this at all:
newsletter.pragmaticengineer.com/p/code-freezes
newsletter.pragmaticengineer.com/p/code-freezes
December 15, 2025 at 10:02 PM
If you're wondering why January often brings the largest outages - here's a common reason
The code freeze is THE time to do all the big refactors that seemed too risky to do the rest of the year. Guess when it ships... all at once 🥶
The code freeze is THE time to do all the big refactors that seemed too risky to do the rest of the year. Guess when it ships... all at once 🥶
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Marcar límites, a veces, significa dejar ir.
December 16, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Marcar límites, a veces, significa dejar ir.
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Looking for a Staff Platform Engineer for one of my teams at Clarity AI.
Lean Agile/XP, not theater. Building platform that enables innovation. Strong cloud/infra (AWS, k8s, IaC). Lean team (8-9) where you can make real impact. Remote Spain
job-boards.eu.greenhouse.io/clarityai/jo...
RTs appreciated
Lean Agile/XP, not theater. Building platform that enables innovation. Strong cloud/infra (AWS, k8s, IaC). Lean team (8-9) where you can make real impact. Remote Spain
job-boards.eu.greenhouse.io/clarityai/jo...
RTs appreciated
Staff Platform Product Engineer
Remote
job-boards.eu.greenhouse.io
December 14, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Looking for a Staff Platform Engineer for one of my teams at Clarity AI.
Lean Agile/XP, not theater. Building platform that enables innovation. Strong cloud/infra (AWS, k8s, IaC). Lean team (8-9) where you can make real impact. Remote Spain
job-boards.eu.greenhouse.io/clarityai/jo...
RTs appreciated
Lean Agile/XP, not theater. Building platform that enables innovation. Strong cloud/infra (AWS, k8s, IaC). Lean team (8-9) where you can make real impact. Remote Spain
job-boards.eu.greenhouse.io/clarityai/jo...
RTs appreciated
The 6 disciplines of strategic thinking youtu.be/hItU33fFNGw
December 14, 2025 at 3:24 PM
The 6 disciplines of strategic thinking youtu.be/hItU33fFNGw
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What 15 years of design debt looks like
September 5, 2025 at 7:21 AM
What 15 years of design debt looks like
A good explanation from Arthur C. Brooks about why we should embrace boredom, in his video at youtu.be/orQKfIXMiA8
September 1, 2025 at 1:35 PM
A good explanation from Arthur C. Brooks about why we should embrace boredom, in his video at youtu.be/orQKfIXMiA8
Toil, what is it? From chapter 5 at Site Reliability Engineering book sre.google/books/
July 7, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Toil, what is it? From chapter 5 at Site Reliability Engineering book sre.google/books/
Radical Candor by Kim Scott nice talk at TEDx www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9hD...
July 5, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Radical Candor by Kim Scott nice talk at TEDx www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9hD...
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antropia.studio/blog/karumi-... q bonito. A veces en la vida hay q echarse a un lado para que alguien lo haga mucho mejor q tú. Y Sergio es claramente esa persona.
Karumi 2.0
Exploring how my years at Karumi shaped Antropia's human-centered approach to work and cooperative ownership.
antropia.studio
May 22, 2025 at 4:10 PM
antropia.studio/blog/karumi-... q bonito. A veces en la vida hay q echarse a un lado para que alguien lo haga mucho mejor q tú. Y Sergio es claramente esa persona.
Pedazo de artículo de Rebeca Méndez sobre la arquitectura seguida en el backend de Manfred 👏
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medium.com/@breogana/ar...
Arquitectura sin fliparse: hexágonos, monolitos y decisiones pragmáticas
Si llevas un tiempo desarrollando software, seguro que te has topado con el eterno debate de las arquitecturas: que si microservicios, que…
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March 20, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Pedazo de artículo de Rebeca Méndez sobre la arquitectura seguida en el backend de Manfred 👏
medium.com/@breogana/ar...
medium.com/@breogana/ar...
An article worth reading, for those in leadership positions - The 10 Biggest Leadership Blindspots Based on 10 Years of Research newsletter.canopy.is/p/the-10-big...
The 10 Biggest Leadership Blindspots Based on 10 Years of Research
How to identify these blindspots for yourself, and most importantly, how to avoid them
newsletter.canopy.is
March 17, 2025 at 11:26 AM
An article worth reading, for those in leadership positions - The 10 Biggest Leadership Blindspots Based on 10 Years of Research newsletter.canopy.is/p/the-10-big...
Trade-off sliders, a tool that can help you take decisions. Because usually selecting A or B is about how each one affect the trade-offs.
March 14, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Trade-off sliders, a tool that can help you take decisions. Because usually selecting A or B is about how each one affect the trade-offs.
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Code is liability. Less code = less problems. Delete unused features! #simplicity
March 3, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Code is liability. Less code = less problems. Delete unused features! #simplicity
Adding more people (a lot of times) just doesn't make things faster 🤷♀️
February 15, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Adding more people (a lot of times) just doesn't make things faster 🤷♀️
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Take-aways:
- Positions of power require more care with the humor we practice, though respect should always come first.
- Humor tends to be more prevalent in the ages when we take life less seriously.
- Message sign-offs have great potential 😈
- Positions of power require more care with the humor we practice, though respect should always come first.
- Humor tends to be more prevalent in the ages when we take life less seriously.
- Message sign-offs have great potential 😈
February 12, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Take-aways:
- Positions of power require more care with the humor we practice, though respect should always come first.
- Humor tends to be more prevalent in the ages when we take life less seriously.
- Message sign-offs have great potential 😈
- Positions of power require more care with the humor we practice, though respect should always come first.
- Humor tends to be more prevalent in the ages when we take life less seriously.
- Message sign-offs have great potential 😈
February 11, 2025 at 5:38 PM
One page sketch from Ali Abdaal’s video youtu.be/U7JNdMbj1zM
January 29, 2025 at 9:11 PM
One page sketch from Ali Abdaal’s video youtu.be/U7JNdMbj1zM
Multidimensional Identity
January 14, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Multidimensional Identity
Burnout www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbZ7...
Burnout
YouTube video by Escena - Escuela de Animación y Artes creativas
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January 4, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Burnout www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbZ7...
