<p class="font-semibold -mt-[0.1rem]">Tech Product Management.</p><p class="-mt-4">Example-driven and (tentatively) number-backed. No EAWF.</p>https://vladzams.com/https://vladzams.com/articles/2-cognitive-tactics-on-organizational-techniques/https://vladzams.com/articles/2-cognitive-tactics-on-organizational-techniques/Apart from exploring a rather long real-world story, in this article we’re going to tackle 2 ~simple~ highly practical yet generic approaches on analyzing problems related to what’s primarily within a manager’s scope of work – meetings, plans, projects, people. As a side note, I’d like to say that the following may somehow correlate with the practical aspects of the philosophy of definition.Mon, 10 Apr 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://vladzams.com/articles/dart-is-dead/https://vladzams.com/articles/dart-is-dead/I prefer to be puzzled by thinking of solutions, but sometimes problems deserve a few lines too. And here is why I consider Dart and Flutter as a no-go technology. This content might be distressing – I'm going to rant a bitSun, 07 Nov 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://vladzams.com/articles/data-binding-in-android/https://vladzams.com/articles/data-binding-in-android/Few observations on how it does not help.Fri, 10 Sep 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://vladzams.com/articles/engineering-manager-principles/https://vladzams.com/articles/engineering-manager-principles/Few points to remember mostly about productivity, stress and some order in a dynamic environment.Thu, 11 May 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://vladzams.com/articles/engineering-process-kpis/https://vladzams.com/articles/engineering-process-kpis/Some argue that the selection of KPIs actually determines which direction your product and process go. Yet, many teams just copy-paste KPIs as if they all had the same goals. But what should be asked when selecting KPIs and what makes ones better than the others? ...No EAWF – examples provided.Wed, 17 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://vladzams.com/articles/lines/https://vladzams.com/articles/lines/Where to put the lines? A few categories that affect how we talk, plan and execute.Tue, 04 Apr 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://vladzams.com/articles/linter-hurts/https://vladzams.com/articles/linter-hurts/We practically can't, and don't want to, and shouldn't go without linter when working in teams. But...Thu, 16 Sep 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://vladzams.com/articles/remote-vs-in-office/https://vladzams.com/articles/remote-vs-in-office/There are certainly reasons why we care about physical space we spend our time in. But why would managers care about that the way they do? Is there anything alternative they would rather care about? How close the state of mind can be to a state of a desk (which most probably is not close to a window with a nice view)?Sun, 09 Jul 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://vladzams.com/articles/structuring-the-basics-of-software-security/https://vladzams.com/articles/structuring-the-basics-of-software-security/Does "enctypted" mean "secured"? And where should we be looking for security?Mon, 05 Jun 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://vladzams.com/articles/talking-high-level/https://vladzams.com/articles/talking-high-level/It may feel that talking high-level is something that can cut off the sharp corners and maybe keep the participants of a conversation to feel less stressed, less pressure, more room for discussion. But if pretty much all that you’ve achieved in a significant percentage of conversations is a “room for discussion”, then, pretty much everything of what you can get next is.. the next discussion. Shall we then discuss that?Wed, 13 Dec 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://vladzams.com/articles/the-rest-is-managers-job/https://vladzams.com/articles/the-rest-is-managers-job/Engineers are the brains that solve problems. The rest is on a manager.Sat, 15 Apr 2023 00:00:00 GMT