Matt Watson
Engineering leader/founder; catalyzes discussions on EM/CTO archetypes, architecture depth, and org tradeoffs.
Letting AI Pilot Is Like Crowdsourcing Flight Control
Can passengers use AI to fly an airplane? Because that is what asking users to build software sounds like. What could possibly go wrong?
Claude-Powered Multitasking Makes Software Development Fun
Sitting here using Claude code to do like 4 tasks at a time with vibe kanban. Building software has never been more fun.
AI‑Generated Code: We Pretend It's Perfect Without Inspection
AI has created Shrödinger’s codebase. Is your codebase AI slop or great code? As long as we never look at it and keep vibe coding away... we assume it's all great code.
AI Replaces Tasks, Not the Ownership of Jobs
AI is not replacing jobs. AI is replacing tasks. A real job means having goals and the agency to figure out how to reach them. Deciding what tasks matter. Owning the outcome either way. AI just executes. It doesn't own anything. If you don't...
Engineers Use AI to Fix Bugs Mid‑Meeting
Software engineering in 2026: Using Claude Code during meetings to fix things faster than people talk about them during the meeting. But that actually isn't new. Great engineers have been distracted during meetings trying to get actual work done forever. AI just...
AI Generates Messy Code, Adding Tech Debt
"AI creates a messy codebase of tech debt and spaghetti code." So it creates average code… 🤷🏼♂️
AI vs Engineers: Coding’s Relevance Tested
Is coding dead? Here is how we know. Ask a person who never heard what coding is to create an app for you using AI, then you do the same WITH your engineering background. Compare the results afterwards. What will be...
AI Restores Power to Veteran Engineering Leaders
AI saved the non-technical engineering leader. For years, losing hands-on skills felt like decline. Now? Architecture experience plus AI equals leverage. Typing speed doesn’t win anymore. Judgment does. And the people with 20 years of it just became dangerous again.
Software Engineering Lives Beyond Code: Architecture Drives Business
They were right about software engineering being dead. Just not in the way people think. Software isn’t code. It’s architecture, tradeoffs, and understanding the customer well enough to know what not to build, and connecting technical decisions to real business outcomes. That isn't dead...