Mike McQuaid
@mikemcquaid.com
Edinburgh-based product and engineering leader, ex-GitHub Principal Engineer (#232, 2013), with 18 years of experience reducing developer friction and scaling open-source to tens of millions of users.
Another discussion with Neha Batra on "Creating and Keeping Momentum" on our podcast "Minimum Viable Management".
Momentum = clarity + ruthless scope + visible wins.
We cover the 3-question test, smallest shippable slices, temporary process, pain snakes and smart nos.
Momentum = clarity + ruthless scope + visible wins.
We cover the 3-question test, smallest shippable slices, temporary process, pain snakes and smart nos.
November 11, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Another discussion with Neha Batra on "Creating and Keeping Momentum" on our podcast "Minimum Viable Management".
Momentum = clarity + ruthless scope + visible wins.
We cover the 3-question test, smallest shippable slices, temporary process, pain snakes and smart nos.
Momentum = clarity + ruthless scope + visible wins.
We cover the 3-question test, smallest shippable slices, temporary process, pain snakes and smart nos.
Turns out people liked the “management podcast thing” Neha Batra and I did last week, so we made more: Minimum Viable Management is now a podcast. This time we talk about decisions, leadership, and other things managers pretend to be good at.
Various podcast links at mikemcquaid.com/minimum-viab...
Various podcast links at mikemcquaid.com/minimum-viab...
October 14, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Turns out people liked the “management podcast thing” Neha Batra and I did last week, so we made more: Minimum Viable Management is now a podcast. This time we talk about decisions, leadership, and other things managers pretend to be good at.
Various podcast links at mikemcquaid.com/minimum-viab...
Various podcast links at mikemcquaid.com/minimum-viab...
Software lesson from surprising source (PC Gamer4): if ever there was a good one sentence summary of "how to do product management well", it would be this.
(sadly, many of the product managers I have worked with in my career cannot do this)
(sadly, many of the product managers I have worked with in my career cannot do this)
October 23, 2024 at 3:09 PM
Software lesson from surprising source (PC Gamer4): if ever there was a good one sentence summary of "how to do product management well", it would be this.
(sadly, many of the product managers I have worked with in my career cannot do this)
(sadly, many of the product managers I have worked with in my career cannot do this)
I'm super proud to have spent the last year building Workbrew and it's now open for everyone to try.
Homebrew has always been great for developers but it became clear over time how problematic it can be for security and IT teams.
Homebrew has always been great for developers but it became clear over time how problematic it can be for security and IT teams.
August 21, 2024 at 4:41 PM
I'm super proud to have spent the last year building Workbrew and it's now open for everyone to try.
Homebrew has always been great for developers but it became clear over time how problematic it can be for security and IT teams.
Homebrew has always been great for developers but it became clear over time how problematic it can be for security and IT teams.