Tech leadership: Bring people together, make an impact.
Access alone doesn’t create adoption. Here’s how we used data, communities, training, and skills marketplace distribution to get the productivity gains everyone dreams of. We rolled out Claude Code, Cowork, and GitHub Copilot months ago in our engineering teams, hoping to get the productivity boosts everyone talks about. Some engineers […]
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I attended WordCamp Asia 2026, in Mumbai, both as a speaker and as a sponsor for WP Rocket & RankMath. My talk at WordCamp Asia 2026: From Reactive to Proactive: Modern Observability for WordPress at Scale Mathieu LamiotI am Mathieu Lamiot, a France-based tech-enthusiast engineer passionate about system design and […]
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The limits of individual contribution as an engineering leader When your engineering organization grows, the way you lead must evolve. When I managed a few teams, I relied on being close to the work: attending daily stand-ups, reviewing specifications, monitoring alert channels, scheduling post-mortems, and facilitating retrospectives. If something was […]
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How to Build AI-Powered Workflows and Systems In 2025, I’ve read countless LinkedIn posts about how some CTOs have fully transitioned their tech departments to be AI-based, with agents working all night for you to push to production in the morning. I also had numerous conversations with engineering leaders regarding […]
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On November 28th, 2025, I presented “AI-driven QA: How LLM, MCP, and Playwright facilitate WordPress E2E testing” at WordCamp Netherlands. The talk included several live demos based on a WordPress theme available in this GitHub repository. WC Netherlands 2025 – AI-driven QA par Mathieu Lamiot Mathieu LamiotI am Mathieu Lamiot, […]
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On November 13th, 2025, I presented “L’observabilité en pratique: comment devenir proactif avec les bugs” at DevFest 2025 in Toulouse, France. DevFest Toulouse 2025 – L’observabilité en pratique: comment devenir proactif avec les bugs par Mathieu Lamiot Mathieu LamiotI am Mathieu Lamiot, a France-based tech-enthusiast engineer passionate about system design […]
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A real-life example I recently had the opportunity to dive back into hands-on coding for my teams—something I hadn’t done for several months while focused on other leadership responsibilities. I knocked out a few quick PRs, each taking about an hour to implement and test. Simple fixes, well-tested, ready to […]
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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 Mathieu LamiotI am Mathieu Lamiot, a France-based tech-enthusiast engineer passionate about system […]
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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 […]
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On November 21st, 2024, I presented “Donner le pouvoir aux équipes pour mieux gérer la complexité dans la Tech” at Agile Grenoble 2024.
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