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  <title>Krishna Dey</title>
  <link>https://krishnadey.com</link>
  <description>Personal site of Krishna Dey, engineering manager at SpotDraft. Essays on engineering leadership, platform systems, integrations, and delivery design, plus a professional profile and curated resources.</description>
  
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    <title><![CDATA[The engineering manager's second architecture]]></title>
    <link>https://krishnadey.com/blog/engineering-managers-second-architecture/</link>
    <guid>https://krishnadey.com/blog/engineering-managers-second-architecture/</guid>
    <description><![CDATA[A good manager shapes not just software architecture, but the operating architecture around a team.]]></description>
    <pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Mentoring engineers by giving them real ownership]]></title>
    <link>https://krishnadey.com/blog/mentoring-engineers-by-giving-them-real-ownership/</link>
    <guid>https://krishnadey.com/blog/mentoring-engineers-by-giving-them-real-ownership/</guid>
    <description><![CDATA[Engineers grow faster when managers give them meaningful responsibility, room to think, and enough support to learn from mistakes.]]></description>
    <pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Why I still code as an engineering manager]]></title>
    <link>https://krishnadey.com/blog/why-i-still-code-as-an-engineering-manager/</link>
    <guid>https://krishnadey.com/blog/why-i-still-code-as-an-engineering-manager/</guid>
    <description><![CDATA[Staying hands-on as an engineering manager is not about control. It is about preserving technical judgment, credibility, and architectural clarity.]]></description>
    <pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Writing as a force multiplier for engineering leaders]]></title>
    <link>https://krishnadey.com/blog/writing-as-a-force-multiplier/</link>
    <guid>https://krishnadey.com/blog/writing-as-a-force-multiplier/</guid>
    <description><![CDATA[Public writing creates leverage far beyond personal expression. It sharpens judgment, attracts talent, and compounds credibility.]]></description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Platform thinking for smaller teams]]></title>
    <link>https://krishnadey.com/blog/platform-thinking-for-smaller-teams/</link>
    <guid>https://krishnadey.com/blog/platform-thinking-for-smaller-teams/</guid>
    <description><![CDATA[Small teams benefit from platform thinking earlier than they think, as long as they avoid platform theater.]]></description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[AI for engineering managers without magic thinking]]></title>
    <link>https://krishnadey.com/blog/ai-for-engineering-managers-without-magic/</link>
    <guid>https://krishnadey.com/blog/ai-for-engineering-managers-without-magic/</guid>
    <description><![CDATA[A practical guide to using AI as an engineering manager without outsourcing judgment, coaching, or accountability.]]></description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Better 1 on 1s for engineering managers]]></title>
    <link>https://krishnadey.com/blog/better-1-on-1s-for-engineering-managers/</link>
    <guid>https://krishnadey.com/blog/better-1-on-1s-for-engineering-managers/</guid>
    <description><![CDATA[How engineering managers can design 1:1s that create clarity, trust, and better decisions instead of repeating status.]]></description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Building trust in distributed engineering teams]]></title>
    <link>https://krishnadey.com/blog/building-trust-in-distributed-engineering-teams/</link>
    <guid>https://krishnadey.com/blog/building-trust-in-distributed-engineering-teams/</guid>
    <description><![CDATA[Trust in distributed teams comes from predictability, clarity, and good written systems more than constant calls.]]></description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Developer velocity without metric theater]]></title>
    <link>https://krishnadey.com/blog/developer-velocity-without-metric-theater/</link>
    <guid>https://krishnadey.com/blog/developer-velocity-without-metric-theater/</guid>
    <description><![CDATA[A practical view on engineering velocity metrics that improve decisions instead of incentivizing noise.]]></description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Effective delegation for engineering leaders]]></title>
    <link>https://krishnadey.com/blog/effective-delegation-for-engineering-leaders/</link>
    <guid>https://krishnadey.com/blog/effective-delegation-for-engineering-leaders/</guid>
    <description><![CDATA[Delegation is not dumping tasks. It is the discipline of transferring ownership with enough clarity to create growth and speed.]]></description>
    <pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[How to run better incident reviews]]></title>
    <link>https://krishnadey.com/blog/how-to-run-better-incident-reviews/</link>
    <guid>https://krishnadey.com/blog/how-to-run-better-incident-reviews/</guid>
    <description><![CDATA[Incident reviews should improve system behavior and team judgment, not just produce a document after a bad day.]]></description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[How to scale engineering decisions as teams grow]]></title>
    <link>https://krishnadey.com/blog/how-to-scale-engineering-decisions/</link>
    <guid>https://krishnadey.com/blog/how-to-scale-engineering-decisions/</guid>
    <description><![CDATA[Growing teams need better decision design, not just more meetings, approvals, and stakeholders.]]></description>
    <pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Lessons from building in legal tech]]></title>
    <link>https://krishnadey.com/blog/lessons-from-building-in-legal-tech/</link>
    <guid>https://krishnadey.com/blog/lessons-from-building-in-legal-tech/</guid>
    <description><![CDATA[Legal tech forces engineering teams to care deeply about precision, workflow design, trust, and usability under real business constraints.]]></description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Manager and staff engineer partnerships that actually work]]></title>
    <link>https://krishnadey.com/blog/manager-staff-engineer-partnerships/</link>
    <guid>https://krishnadey.com/blog/manager-staff-engineer-partnerships/</guid>
    <description><![CDATA[Strong manager and staff engineer partnerships reduce noise, sharpen technical direction, and create healthier team execution.]]></description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Meeting hygiene for fast moving teams]]></title>
    <link>https://krishnadey.com/blog/meeting-hygiene-for-fast-moving-teams/</link>
    <guid>https://krishnadey.com/blog/meeting-hygiene-for-fast-moving-teams/</guid>
    <description><![CDATA[Teams do not move faster by deleting every meeting. They move faster by making each one earn its place in the system.]]></description>
    <pubDate>Sun, 08 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Platform roadmaps that engineers trust]]></title>
    <link>https://krishnadey.com/blog/platform-roadmaps-that-engineers-trust/</link>
    <guid>https://krishnadey.com/blog/platform-roadmaps-that-engineers-trust/</guid>
    <description><![CDATA[Internal platform work earns trust when it removes friction clearly, ships visibly, and respects the realities of product teams.]]></description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Runbooks that improve delivery instead of collecting dust]]></title>
    <link>https://krishnadey.com/blog/runbooks-that-improve-delivery/</link>
    <guid>https://krishnadey.com/blog/runbooks-that-improve-delivery/</guid>
    <description><![CDATA[The best runbooks reduce uncertainty during repeated work and incidents without becoming bloated process documents.]]></description>
    <pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Skip levels that surface real information]]></title>
    <link>https://krishnadey.com/blog/skip-levels-that-surface-real-information/</link>
    <guid>https://krishnadey.com/blog/skip-levels-that-surface-real-information/</guid>
    <description><![CDATA[Skip-level meetings are valuable when they reveal patterns, risks, and context that the normal management chain cannot surface quickly enough.]]></description>
    <pubDate>Sun, 25 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[The best career moat for engineers is judgment]]></title>
    <link>https://krishnadey.com/blog/the-best-career-moat-for-engineers-is-judgment/</link>
    <guid>https://krishnadey.com/blog/the-best-career-moat-for-engineers-is-judgment/</guid>
    <description><![CDATA[Technical skills matter, but durable engineering careers are built on judgment about tradeoffs, systems, people, and timing.]]></description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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