Engineering manager and former data analyst who led platform teams through two AI tool rollouts; he writes about measurement, team norms, and the gap between vendor demos and sustainable delivery.
DevOps
Software Development
Feature Flags vs Shipping the Agent's Whole Change at Once
Marcus Dalton
September 30, 2026
Artificial Intelligence
Software Development
Pairing With an Agent vs Handing It the Ticket and Walking Away
Marcus Dalton
September 30, 2026
Artificial Intelligence
Software Development
One Skill File vs a Folder of Skills: When the Agent Follows the Wrong Procedure
Marcus Dalton
September 30, 2026
Engineering Management
Software Development
Theory of Constraints in IT: why shipping faster still made the system slower
Marcus Dalton
September 18, 2026
Engineering Management
Software Development
The rise and fall of Agile: why Scrum changed the industry — and what’s left of it in 2026
Marcus Dalton
September 18, 2026
Engineering Management
Tech Careers
Hiring in the agent era: I wouldn’t staff like it’s 2021. Here’s the smaller team I’d build
Marcus Dalton
September 18, 2026
Engineering Careers
Software Development
Junior, middle, senior: the difference isn’t years — here’s the line I actually use
Marcus Dalton
September 18, 2026
Artificial Intelligence
Software Development
A year of shipping with AI coding agents: what actually stuck
Marcus Dalton
August 27, 2026
AI & Machine Learning
Software Engineering & Development
What It Takes to Build a Production-Ready RAG System Beyond the Demo
Marcus Dalton
July 7, 2026
Artificial Intelligence
The "10x with AI" Claim: Productivity Metrics That Fooled Well-Meaning Teams
Marcus Dalton
May 9, 2026