https://roughedges.dev/tags/leadership/Recent content in Leadership on Rough EdgesHugoen-usSat, 04 Apr 2026 09:20:00 -0400https://roughedges.dev/posts/hello-world/Sat, 04 Apr 2026 09:20:00 -0400https://roughedges.dev/posts/hello-world/<p>I'm an engineering manager. I've spent years building teams, shipping software, and keeping infrastructure from catching fire — sometimes successfully.</p> <p>The name is deliberate. Rough edges aren't a failure of craft. They're what you get when you make real decisions under real constraints. Every system has them. Every team has them. Anyone who tells you otherwise is either lying or hasn't shipped anything lately.</p> <h2>The philosophy</h2> <p>I'm pragmatic by nature. I believe, genuinely and without irony, that perfect is the enemy of the good.</p>