The Optimist Engineer

How to Keep Your Hard-Earned Engineering Lessons Forever

Knowledge drives you, why lose it when you change job?

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November 2025

Do you need an Interface?

Most likely no, and I tell you why

Nov 26 • 

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Start Small, Scale Smart: The Real Value of Incremental Architecture

A practical guide to designing software that can evolve as fast as you do

Nov 19 • 

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Enabling developers to take ownership of the Platform Infrastructure

Enter Crossplane

Nov 12 • 

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The hidden reason your manager gets mad at you

It’s not about the incident report. It’s about trust.

Nov 5 • 

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October 2025

Promotion Via Making Your Work Visible

Said this many times: Make your work visible

Oct 29 • 

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How to Become a Staff Engineer: 5 Signals That Matter

Concrete behaviours and evidence you can start building this sprint.

Oct 22 • 

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Leadership Is Altitude Management

The higher you go, the more perspective you gain… but the less control you have.

Oct 15 • 

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Should I take a certification?

It depends, as many times, but I give you a guide so you can take the right decision for your case

Oct 8 • 

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Make your work visible: Help other Software Engineers

Helping people, you maximize your impact

Oct 1 • 

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September 2025

Make your work visible: Tell people what you achieve

How would they know otherwise?

Sep 24 • 

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Make your work visible: Participate in technical meetings

You need people to turn around and see you

Sep 17 • 

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