Why Modern Tech Guild?
You didn’t get here by luck !
You shipped the hard features, fixed the systems no one else could, and became the person people turned to when things got difficult.
Then the game changed.
Somewhere between “senior engineer” and “the technology leader,” you’re expected to make architecture calls, lead through ambiguity, navigate organizational complexity, and make sense of AI rewriting the rules beneath you.
No one handed you a playbook.
Most technical leadership is learned the hard way — in public, under pressure, one decision at a time.
That’s why I created Modern Tech Guild.
After more than two decades working across technology transformation, architecture, cloud, engineering and emerging technology, I’ve seen the same patterns play out again and again — what works, what doesn’t, and what only becomes obvious after you’ve lived through it.
This publication is where I distill those lessons.
Not as theory.
Not as technology hype.
But as Practical thinking you can use when the answers aren’t obvious.
What you’ll find here
Modern Tech Guild explores four questions.
🏛️ 1. Architecture & Technology Strategy
How do we build and evolve technology that can withstand change?
Architecture decisions, modernization, cloud, platforms, technical debt, technology strategy and the trade-offs that rarely fit neatly into an architecture diagram.
Architecture decisions, modernization, cloud, platforms, technical debt, technology strategy and the trade-offs that rarely fit neatly into an architecture diagram.
🤖 2. AI, Agents & the Future of Software
What is AI actually changing — and what isn’t?
GenAI, agentic systems, AI architecture, AI adoption and the implications for software engineering and technology leadership.
No AI hype. No breathless predictions.
Just an attempt to understand what is actually changing — and what technology leaders should do about it.
⚙️ 3. Engineering Leadership & Organizations
How do we build engineering organizations that execute?
Scaling teams, engineering effectiveness, operating models, organizational design, technical leadership and the uncomfortable reality that many “technology problems” are actually organizational problems.
🧭 4. The Technology Leader’s Journey
How do technically excellent people become technology leaders?
The journey from senior engineer to Staff, Principal, Architect and beyond — developing judgment, influencing without authority, navigating ambiguity and learning to operate at a different altitude.
What you can expect
I’m not interested in publishing just to fill a content calendar.
You’ll find:
Deep dives — thoughtful explorations of difficult technology and leadership problems.
Field notes — shorter observations drawn from real-world experience.
Frameworks & playbooks — practical ways to approach decisions, not just opinions about them.
Contrarian takes — because some of the most useful lessons begin with questioning what everyone else accepts.
I’ll typically publish once or twice a week, with occasional shorter pieces when there’s an idea worth sharing.
The publication will start free. Over time, some deeper research, frameworks and practical resources may become available to paid subscribers.
Who is this for?
Modern Tech Guild is for people who have moved beyond simply writing the code.
It’s for:
Senior and Staff engineers
Principal engineers and architects
Engineering leaders
Technology strategists
CTOs and technology executives
Technical professionals figuring out what comes next
If you’re being asked to make bigger technology decisions with less certainty, you’re probably in the right place.
One final thought
Technology changes quickly.
The tools change.
The architectures change.
AI is changing the economics of software.
But the harder problems remain remarkably consistent:
How do we decide?
How do we build?
How do we lead?
And how do we know what’s worth doing in the first place?
That’s what Modern Tech Guild is here to explore.
Hard-won lessons. Better frameworks. Clearer thinking.
If that sounds useful, join the Guild.