Increasing efficiency: the common engineering leader’s mission As I became in charge of the engineering departments of WP Media and RankMath at different points in my career, I faced a similar request: to improve the engineering team’s efficiency. The brief seemed straightforward – help the team deliver more features, faster. […]
Continue Reading“L’observabilité en pratique” at Azur Tech Winter 2024
On November 26th, 2024, I presented “L’observabilité en pratique, pour que les problèmes n’aient nulle part où se cacher” at Azur Tech Winter 2024 at Sophia-Antipolis, France. Observabilité en pratique – Azur Tech Winter 2024 par Mathieu Lamiot
Continue ReadingAI for Engineering Leaders: How I Finally Focus on Real Leadership
The tech world buzzed this year with endless discussions about AI transforming software development. Every day, new headlines appeared about developers boosting productivity with GitHub Copilot or debating whether or not AI would replace developers. Yet, in this flood of coverage, I did not see much about how AI can […]
Continue ReadingObservability for WordPress at WordCamp Romania 2024
On November 15th, 2024, I presented “Observability for WordPress in practice: so that issues have nowhere to hide” at WordCamp Romania 2024.
Continue ReadingEmpowering teams talk at Agile Grenoble 2024 (French)
On November 21st, 2024, I presented “Donner le pouvoir aux équipes pour mieux gérer la complexité dans la Tech” at Agile Grenoble 2024.
Continue ReadingEmpowering teams talk at Agile Tour Bordeaux 2024 (French)
On October 30th, 2024, I presented “Donner le pouvoir aux équipes pour mieux gérer la complexité dans la Tech” at Agile Tour Bordeaux 2024.
Continue Reading4 upcoming talks in Fall 2024
I am excited to be confirmed as a speaker to give talks to 4 events this fall! Those conferences will be great opportunities to discuss engineering leadership and some best practices related to observability! See you there!
Continue ReadingDiff coverage: A refined approach to the unpopular code coverage metric.
Thankfully, writing tests for a codebase is now a commonly adopted practice in tech: it helps to ensure that the code behaviors remain as expected over time, avoids regressions, and overall improves quality and stability. Developers who write tests quickly come to the following questions: “Am I doing this right? […]
Continue ReadingData without data teams: 3 simple approaches for small companies to leverage their data
Even small companies have data Data can be a great asset for product-oriented companies, especially in Tech: it brings a bit of factual input in volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous (VUCA) environments. A few companies understood this early on such as Facebook, Google, Netflix, and LinkedIn, a bit more than […]
Continue ReadingTyped apply_filters: a modern and safe best practice for your WordPress developments
Some powerful features have been added to PHP, especially since version 7.0 to foster secure and safe code. Type declarations and strict typing are among the well-adopted features often considered best practices for modern PHP code. However, this does not always play well with WordPress development where customizable code is […]
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