Resources
Practical guidance on putting AI to work in your business.
Keep It Simple: The Hidden Tax of Software Bloat
Your Tech Stack Is a Throughput Problem, Not a Tooling Problem Key Takeaways Software bloat is a throughput problem, not just an annoyance. Every...
The Part I Did Not Ask About Early Enough
When I first started out, there were certain things I did not ask many questions about. Not because they were unimportant. Because they were...
The Hidden Costs of AI Integration That Engineering Managers End Up Owning
Key Takeaways The tool is the cheapest part of the costs of AI integration. Many factors cost far more than the software license, and...
Why AI Adoption Breaks the Traditional IT Playbook
Most technologies enter a business the same way. IT evaluates a tool. Security reviews it. Procurement negotiates it. Leadership approves it. Then it is...
The Security Paradox: Blocking AI Does Not Create Safety, Governance Does
In this article: The real risk is not AI itself. It is unmanaged AI usage happening outside your governance framework. A Microsoft/Censuswide study found...
How to Identify and Prioritize High-ROI AI Opportunities Using ICE Scoring
As part of the Obnovit Roadmap Ramp offering, we work directly with technical and operational teams to identify where there are AI opportunities to...
Reducing Administrative Burden in Engineering Firms With Governed AI
Engineering capacity is rarely constrained by a lack of technical skill. It is constrained by how much of an engineer’s week is consumed by...
AI Adoption Is Already Happening. Most Leaders Are Just Not Managing It.
Most business owners are trying to integrate AI backwards. They assume AI adoption starts when the company selects a tool. In reality, AI is...
AI Is Not About Doing More Work. It Is About AI Removing the Work That Should Not Exist.
I am not a software developer. I am not writing production code or building greenfield systems. I am an engineer and operator who gets...
Why a Full-Time Job Becomes a Hard Constraint for Engineers With Families
If you have a family, a full-time job stops behaving like a job. It becomes a hard constraint on engineers. I said this directly...
Why Bandwidth, Not Motivation, Limits Engineers in Building Something New
There is a detail that matters, and it often gets skipped when people talk about building something on the side. If I rewind the...
Creating Your Own Job vs. Building a Business as an Engineer
Most engineers reach a point where the question changes. Early in your career, the question is usually technical. How do I get better? How...