Andrea’s Substack

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AI is solving the easy half of software quality

Most of our engineering practices only cover half the picture. AI is widening the gap.

Mar 29 • Andrea Laforgia

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The Change Advisory Board Must Die

How a 1980s governance relic is destroying your software delivery performance — and the psychology that keeps it alive

Mar 21 • Andrea Laforgia

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Expectation-Driven Development: A Validation Framework for the Age of AI Agents

The Problem Nobody Wants to Talk About

Mar 21 • Andrea Laforgia

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Stop Using Pull Requests

Your team’s code review process is probably an expensive illusion of quality. Here’s what the evidence says, and what to do instead.

Mar 19 • Andrea Laforgia

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What Makes a High-Performing Team?

What a decade of research across 39,000 professionals tells us about building teams that actually deliver

Mar 18 • Andrea Laforgia

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Stop Counting Tickets, Start Watching the Work

A practical guide for managers who want to understand whether their developers are thriving, struggling, or somewhere in between

Mar 15 • Andrea Laforgia

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The Developer Productivity Trap

Why Everything We Think We Know About Developer Productivity Is Wrong — And Why AI Is Making It Worse

Mar 14 • Andrea Laforgia

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“How do you handle conflict between two team members?”

What the interview question doesn’t tell you, and what psychology, philosophy, and organisational science do

Mar 10 • Andrea Laforgia

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February 2026