Charity Majors

I really resonated with: "I think I’m less interested in my own happiness (whatever that means) than I am interested in doing work that feels worth doing." - @mipsytipsy reflects on her career charity.wtf/2025/07/09/tho…

I spoke with @honeycombio's CTO @mipsytipsy Here's how Honeycomb uses AI to accelerate engineering: 1. Validate ideas faster with AI prototypes 2. Spin up internal tools on-demand ("disposable software") 3. Designers vibe code interactive prototypes for clearer eng handoff

✨ Introducing our 15 top engineering voices to follow in 2025 See the full list: incident.io/blog/top-engin… @skamille @cassidoo @mipsytipsy @rakyll @Ned1313 @samwhoo @simonw

🔥Hot off the press: Issue #310 of Level Up, a curated newsletter for leaders in tech #cto #vpeng #engmanager #techlead w/content from @mipsytipsy @jjude @JHaughwout @krider2010 @themaninblue @METR_Evals & more! See sh1.sendinblue.com/3gcrkl9z539pfe…

This article from @mipsytipsy is old enough to be in 2nd grade at a Polish primary school, yet I keep coming back to it year after year. It simply never gets old. And each time it hits differently, depending on where I am in my career or even just my mood. charity.wtf/2017/05/11/the…

It’s one thing to build a great product but it’s another to become the kind of person who can lead a company around it. @mipsytipsy has gone from @honeycombio Founder to CEO to CTO and she’s bringing that full arc to the DevGuild stage on Jul 31. lu.ma/devguild-found…

"On How Long it Takes to Know if a Job is Right for You or Not". Every job Charity has ever taken, she knew within the first week whether it was right for her or not. by @mipsytipsy charity.wtf/2025/06/08/on-…

"If teams own software, then the key job of any engineering leader is to craft high-performing engineering teams. If you must 10x something, 10x this. Build 10x engineering teams." charity.wtf/2025/06/19/in-… < goodstuff from @mipsytipsy. I've known one 10x eng, but a few 10x teams

"If teams own software, then the key job of any engineering leader is to craft high-performing engineering teams. If you must 10x something, 10x this. Build 10x engineering teams." charity.wtf/2025/06/19/in-… < good stuff from @mipsytipsy. I've known one 10x eng, but a few 10x teams

How Much Should I Be Spending On Observability? Part 2: Observability cost drivers and levers of control buff.ly/0IeIV2m (via @thenewstack, @honeycombio and @mipsytipsy)

On Dropouts and Bootstraps buff.ly/l6O8QMv (via @mipsytipsy)

We asked @honeycombio CTO Charity Majors (@mipsytipsy) if AI has changed the way they hire engineers. Here's what she said 👇

Here's a fun & pithy essay on the subject by @mipsytipsy a CTO. "I love that you are discovering basic leadership principles and it is just fucking flooring you, but have you ever cracked a book about management, or talked to another leader? Ever?" bit.ly/4fmjKaL

best stickers at renderatl goes to @honeycombio also a very happy honeycomb user when I worked at Equinix Metal

My tech week has been 💯 by two of my favorite technology thought leaders @mipsytipsy In Praise of Normal Engineers charity.wtf/2025/06/19/in-… and @martinfowler Expert Generalists martinfowler.com/articles/exper… Both talk about how to get great results from software engineering teams…

PlanetScale is built for production use cases. We are not going to optimize for vibe coding and these "agentic" development workloads. There are severe trade offs involved and it's not possible to do both. You don't actually need a database server for agentic coding.

💡 At #CraftConf, @mipsytipsy dropped a truth bomb: stop chasing “top talent.” 🏗️ Build boring engineering orgs where everyday devs can move fast, ship, learn, and make an impact.

How long do you give it when you start a job and get a sense it's not the right fit? A few weeks? A year? @mipsytipsy says you probably know within a week. And you should follow your intuition to bail if something doesn't feel right. charity.wtf/2025/06/08/on-…

Just read an insightful piece by @mipsytipsy about job fit intuition. Key takeaway: You often know within days if a job is right for you—especially as a manager where value alignment is essential. Trust your gut feelings; they're usually right! charity.wtf/2025/06/08/on-…

In Praise of "Normal" Engineers charity.wtf/2025/06/19/in-… via @mipsytipsy Nothing great is built by one person The key engineering question is >> How do you turn normal engineers into 10x engineering teams? #SoftwareDelivery #GeekCred